SAN FRANCISCO Waymo, the self-driving car division of Google-parent Alphabet, is seeking a court orderto stop Uber from using trade secrets, includingthousands ofconfidential files it alleges werestolen by a former Waymo employee. <\/p>\n
Waymo is seeking a preliminary injunction against Uber.(Photo: Paul Sancya, Associated Press) <\/p>\n
Waymo says a preliminary injunction will \"prevent defendants from misappropriating Waymos own technology to cheat and distort competition in this nascent market.\" <\/p>\n
That technology, which Waymo says was developed over thousands of hours by researchers, engineers and designers, includes light detection and rangingtechnology known as LiDARthat helps self-driving cars sense their surroundings. <\/p>\n
Uber said it was reviewing the matter and referred USA TODAY to its previous statement on the lawsuit. <\/p>\n
\"We have reviewed Waymo's claims and determined them to be a baseless attempt to slow down a competitor and we look forward to vigorously defending against them in court,\" the company said. <\/p>\n
At stake for Uber: A preliminary injunction could slow or even temporarily halt development of its self-driving car technology. <\/p>\n
Waymo sued Uber last month, alleging that former Waymo employeeAnthony Levandowski secretlydownloaded more than 14,000 confidentialfiles shortly before he resignedin January 2016. <\/p>\n
Levandowskifounded self-driving-truck startup Otto, which was acquired by Uber in August 2016 for $680 million. Levandowski now leads Ubers self-driving-car division. <\/p>\n
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