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takyon writes:

Google parent company Alphabet is seeking at least $2.6 billion from Uber for allegedly stealing self-driving car trade secrets from Waymo:

Alphabet thinks Uber should pay $2.6 billion for allegedly stealing a single trade secret.

Alphabet is in court with Uber today to convince a judge to delay the Oct. 10 trial in its self-driving lawsuit against the ride-hail company. But during the hearing, an Uber attorney said that Alphabet is seeking $2.6 billion in damages for just one of the nine trade secrets the company is claiming a former Uber executive stole.

Before today's hearing, the amount of damages Alphabet wanted a court to award them was not public and had been redacted from court filings.

In its opposition to Alphabet's request for a trial delay, Uber claims Alphabet is simply asking for a "do-over" because its allegations that an executive stole files and brought them to Uber has weakened.

Also at Reuters, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Street, MarketWatch, and TechCrunch.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "seeking at least $2.6 billion" - https://www.recode.net/2017/9/20/16340046/alphabet-waymo-self-driving-car-uber-stolen-trade-secret-billion-damages-lawsuit-trial-hearing
3. "Reuters" - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-alphabet-hearing/waymo-seeking-2-6-bln-from-uber-for-one-trade-secret-lawyer-idUSKCN1BV2LI
4. "Ars Technica" - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/waymo-wants-uber-to-pay-2-6-billion-in-damages-just-for-starters/
5. "Engadget" - https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/20/waymo-2-6-billion-uber-single-trade-secret/
6. "The Street" - https://www.thestreet.com/story/14313967/1/alphabet-s-waymo-seeks-2-billion-from-uber-for-allegedly-stolen-trade-secret.html
7. "MarketWatch" - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alphabet-seeking-at-least-26-billion-from-uber-in-self-driving-legal-battle-2017-09-20
8. "TechCrunch" - https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/20/uber-says-waymo-wants-2-6-billion-for-one-allegedly-stolen-trade-secret/
9. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=22383

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