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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

Google parent company Alphabet is seeking at least $2.6 billion [recode.net] 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 [reuters.com], Ars Technica [arstechnica.com], Engadget [engadget.com], The Street [thestreet.com], MarketWatch [marketwatch.com], and TechCrunch [techcrunch.com].

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