U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-rankin...
- U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-ranking Google engineer, alleging he stole confidential technology from the company’s self-driving car unit before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc .
In 2016, Levandowski, a pioneer in the industry, founded a self-driving truck company that was acquired by Uber. A company with a cutting-edge technology will sometimes claim the invention is a trade secret rather than file for patent protection. Patents eventually expire and make the invention part of the public domain, but trade secret protection can last indefinitely, or at least as long as the information remains confidential.It is quite common for companies to sue rivals for alleged trade secrets theft. In 2017, there were more than 1,100 such civil cases filed in U.S.
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