Monday, 15 May 2017

Uber dodges a bullet in latest ruling from self-driving car lawsuit

A federal judge has rejected Waymo’s request to prevent Uber from using allegedly stolen self-driving technology, which is sure to come as a relief to the embattled ride-hailing company. Under the ruling, Uber can continue to operate its fleet of autonomous cars on public roads in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and California, but it still faces a criminal case ahead about allegations that it stole Google’s self-driving secrets.

In rejecting Waymo’s main request, Judge William Alsup did grant the Google spinoff a partial injunction against Uber as part of its ongoing lawsuit. The court has now officially barred Anthony Levandowski, who recently recused himself from Uber’s self-driving program, from working on the LIDAR program. It has also...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/15/15640934/uber-waymo-lawsuit-self-driving-car-injunction-ruling

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/uber-dodges-bullet-in-latest-ruling.html

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