Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
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Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
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Re: Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
#2How do they go about enforcing this?
Re: Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
#3Is this enforceable? Or is it more of a "If you get caught using it in the future more legal ramifications?"
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#4Didn't Uber pay like $680,000,000 for this technology ?
Re: Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
#5How do they go about enforcing this?
That's my question. Given that Uber claims they weren't using the technology... how can you tell if they stopped? Just forbid them from using LIDAR altogether?
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#6Link to the full injunction text:
https://www.scribd.com/document/348409551/Waymo-Uber-Injunct...
Re: Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
#7Is this enforceable? Or is it more of a "If you get caught using it in the future more legal ramifications?"
Violating a judgment would invite contempt proceedings, which means huge fines for Uber and possible prison for all involved senior executives.
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#8Didn't Uber pay like $680,000,000 for this technology ?
Paying for stolen goods doesn't make them your property.
Re: Judge orders Uber not to use technology taken from Waymo
#9Link to the full injunction text: https://www.scribd.com/document/348409551/Waymo-Uber-Injunct...
Waymo is going to be able to inspect Uber's LIDAR and get additional expedited discovery:
"Waymo is hereby granted further expedited discovery in aid of possible further provisional relief. Subject to the protective order, and upon reasonable notice, Waymo’s counsel and one expert may inspect any and all aspects of defendants’ ongoing work involving LiDAR — including, without limitation,schematics, work orders, source code, notes, and emails — whether or not said work resulted in any prototype or device. Withrespect to its trade secret misappropriation claims only, Waymo may take seven further depositions on seven calendar days notice, may propound 28 reasonably narrow document requests for which the response time is reduced to 14 calendar days, and may propound 28 reasonably narrow interrogatories for which theresponse time is also reduced to 14 calendar days. If Waymo moves for further provisional relief before trial, then all its declarants in support of such motion must sit for depositions on an expedited basis. Otherwise, defendants may take only normal, unexpedited discovery. After Waymo has exhausted its expedited discovery, it may continue with normal discovery."
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