A court has barred ridesharing service Uber from operating in Germany, the latest shot in the popular app's fight with taxi drivers worldwide.
Frankfurt state court spokesman Arne Hasse said Tuesday the decision that Uber can't offer its services without a specific permit under German transport laws applies nationwide.
The injunction applies pending a full hearing of a suit brought against Uber by Taxi Deutschland, a German cab association that also offers its own taxi-ordering app. The suit is being heard in Frankfurt because it is one of the several German cities in which Uber operates.
San Francisco-based Uber said in a statement it would use "all legal means" to fight the case.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/court-halts-ridesharing-service-uber-germany-25210211
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 03 2014, @11:22AM
Achtung! Soylent "news" is uber gay!
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Mein Leben!
(Score: 1) by pkrasimirov on Wednesday September 03 2014, @11:30AM
Care to explain why? Or are you just trying to waste modpoints on you?
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday September 03 2014, @12:09PM
AC pls.
Where's your "Deutschland uber alles" pun?
Account abandoned.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by zafiro17 on Wednesday September 03 2014, @01:44PM
... and anything else it can find. I appreciate their carefully-worded press release, but Uber has got tons of funding, a fatty war chest, and is not afraid to roll up its sleeves and play dirty. Check out http://betabeat.com/2014/09/gett-calls-out-uber-for-playing-dirty-tricks/ [betabeat.com] for starters.
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