<story><title>Most Waymo Patent Claims Dropped in Autonomous Car Fight with Uber</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-07/waymo-drops-most-patent-claims-in-autonomous-car-fight-with-uber</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mmanfrin</author><text>Title feels a little clickbaity, as it was a request from the Judge prior to going to a Jury:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco has asked 
  Waymo to narrow its more than 100 trade secrets claims to 
  fewer than 10 to put in front of a jury.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>myth_buster</author><text>Uber&amp;#x27;s response to it is even more baffling!&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Waymo’s retreat on three of their four patent claims is yet another sign 
  that they have overpromised and can’t deliver,&amp;quot; Uber said in a statement. 
  &amp;quot;Not only have they uncovered zero evidence of any of the 14,000 files in 
  question coming to Uber, they now admit that Uber’s LiDAR design is 
  actually very different than theirs. Faced with this hard truth, Waymo has 
  resorted to floating conspiracy theories not rooted in fact, doing 
  everything they can to put the focus on sensation rather than substance.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Most Waymo Patent Claims Dropped in Autonomous Car Fight with Uber</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-07/waymo-drops-most-patent-claims-in-autonomous-car-fight-with-uber</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mmanfrin</author><text>Title feels a little clickbaity, as it was a request from the Judge prior to going to a Jury:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco has asked 
  Waymo to narrow its more than 100 trade secrets claims to 
  fewer than 10 to put in front of a jury.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>acdx</author><text>The relevant quote from the judge is:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    I want to reiterate to the plaintiff here that you should think a lot
    about just dropping the patent part of this case.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></comment>