STOLEN SECRETS! Waymo accuses Uber of stealing trade secrets
May 16, 2017·24K views·675 likes·194 comments
Judge Alsup recently found that former Waymo engineer Anthony Levandowski stole over 9 gigabytes of secret documents on Waymo's LiDAR technology just before quitting and starting his own company, which was later sold to Uber for over $680 million.
Let's discuss what the heck a trade secret is and dive into the details of this theft.
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