Judge In Uber-Waymo Lawsuit Rules Uber Can Continue Using Self-Driving Technology

A judge rejected self-driving company Waymo's request Monday to order Uber to stop using technology that may have been stolen, the Verge reported. Waymo filed a lawsuit in February claiming Uber executives who previously worked at Google had taken self-driving technology with them when they left them company. Those individuals, identified as Anthony Levandowski and Lior Ron in court documents, quit working at Google to start their own self-driving car company called Otto. The company was then purchased by Uber in August. The judge granted Waymo a partial injunction and ordered the return of any and all stolen documents to Waymo, and required Levandowski have nothing further to do with the development of the technology.