Uber Denies It Knew About Copied Data in Waymo Secrets Suit
- Ride-hailing firm denies it knew of alleged secrets download
- Alphabet unit claims theft was a conspiracy with engineer
A pilot model of an Uber self-driving car.
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Uber Technologies Inc. said it didn’t know about the alleged theft of proprietary information from Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit by an executive until Waymo filed a lawsuit in February.
The ride-hailing company is seeking to refute Waymo’s claim that Uber conspired with Anthony Levandowski to download 14,000 files and steal trade secrets before he left Waymo in January 2016.