According to the article, they've dropped the 4 patent infringement claims. Further, from the coverage recently, it looks like they are having trouble showing that their IP was used inside Uber. They have a slam-dunk case against Levandowski, but he's not a defendant.

> According to the article, they've dropped the 4 patent infringement claims.

Judge Alsup explicitly requested that Waymo narrow the scope of the case[1], so Waymo had to pare down to what they felt were the strongest claims:

> Over the course of the last several months, the judge has urged both parties to simplify the scope of the case so that each could be adequately prepared to argue the merits of the strongest claims post-discovery

1. https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/07/waymo-drops-patent-claims/

Waymo is 100% going to lose this. Mark my words.