Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules

Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by sjg007 on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:03AM (#14321356)

I thought google invested in uber..?

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by gleenn on Friday May 12, 2017 @01:16AM (#14321601)

I believe Google Ventures did, but that's not exactly the same entity.

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by MaxfordAndSons on Friday May 12, 2017 @01:58AM (#14321732)

Yes, they invested $250m at a $3.5bn valuation, estimated to be 2-7% ownership currently[1]. Makes me wonder: if Uber is found liable for a huge amount that would bankrupt them, could there be a situation where Waymo absorbs Uber as a post-trial settlement rather than Uber being liquidated?

[1]https://www.recode.net/2015/12/6/11621176/google-ventures-ow...

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by hooch on Friday May 12, 2017 @03:48AM (#14322142)

With Levandowski remaining an agent of Google/Waymo all along?

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by theduncan on Friday May 12, 2017 @08:48AM (#14323496)

I don't think so, Levandowski would be up on criminal charges or pleaded guilty to get a lesser sentence. Either way if if there is any truth in it, no one is going to hire the guy ever again.

read up on Sergey Aleynikov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aleynikov and there was no malice in that one.

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by RugnirViking on Friday May 12, 2017 @04:57AM (#14322394)

That would be quite the amazing turn of events.

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Re:Waymo’s lawsuit against Uber is going to trial, judge rules by woadwarrior01 on Friday May 12, 2017 @08:11AM (#14323259)

That's rather reminiscent of Stephen Elop and Nokia.

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