Waymo seeks court order against Uber over self-driving car technology

Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google-parent Alphabet, is seeking a court order to stop Uber from using trade secrets, including thousands of confidential files it alleges were stolen by a former Waymo employee. Waymo is seeking a preliminary injunction against Uber. Waymo says a preliminary injunction will "prevent defendants from misappropriating Waymo's own technology to cheat and distort competition in this nascent market." That technology, which Waymo says was developed over thousands of hours by researchers, engineers and designers, includes light detection and ranging technology known as LiDAR that helps self-driving cars sense their surroundings. Uber said it was reviewing the matter and referred USA TODAY to its previous statement on the lawsuit.