Waymo v. Uber trade secrets case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 3:17-cv-00939 · filed Feb 23, 2017 · Settled

Waymo accused Uber of using self-driving trade secrets that former engineer Anthony Levandowski took when he left Google.

The case

Plaintiffs: Waymo
Defendants: Uber
Court: US District Court, Northern District of California
Docket: 3:17-cv-00939
Filed: Feb 23, 2017
Status: Settled
Outcome: Settled during trial in February 2018 with Uber giving Waymo an equity stake.

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Feb 23, 2017	Filing: Complaint filed: Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Oct 13Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previo in 18dnext date	FTC v. Uber (Uber One subscriptions)Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previoActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Apr 21, 2025
Aug 21Filed 35d agofiled	Dutch DPA fine: Uber, automated driver deactivationDecidedPrivacyDutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)EUR 824,990,000	Privacy	Decided	Aug 21
Sep 24, 2025Filed 12mo agofiled	xAI v. OpenAI (trade secrets)ActiveTrade secretsN.D. Cal.	Trade secrets	Active	Sep 24, 2025
Aug 26, 2024Filed 2.1y agofiled	Dutch DPA fine: Uber, driver data transfers to the USDecidedPrivacyDutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)EUR 290 million	Privacy	Decided	Aug 26, 2024
Mar 5, 2024Filed 2.6y agofiled	United States v. Linwei DingActiveTrade secretsN.D. Cal.	Trade secrets	Active	Mar 5, 2024
Apr 29, 2022Filed 4.4y agofiled	Apple v. RivosSettledTrade secretsN.D. Cal.	Trade secrets	Settled	Apr 29, 2022
Jul 17, 2020Filed 6.2y agofiled	Tesla v. RivianDismissedTrade secretsCalifornia Superior Court, Santa Clara County	Trade secrets	Dismissed	Jul 17, 2020
Jul 9, 2020Filed 6.2y agofiled	Massachusetts v. Uber and LyftSettledEmploymentMassachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County	Employment	Settled	Jul 9, 2020

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Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc.