On Tuesday, a U.S. judge announced that Uber Technologies “withheld evidence from me” and granted Waymo’s request to postpone a trade secrets trial that was set to commence next week.
During a hearing in San Francisco federal court, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said that it would be a “huge injustice” to make Waymo go to trial, considering the new evidence that has surfaced.
Waymo, which is Alphabet, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:$GOOGL) self-driving unit, had asked Alsup on Monday to delay the Dec. 4 trade secrets trial against Uber. According to the Mountain View, California-based company, Waymo told the federal judge that it wants to investigate whether or not Uber withheld key evidence in the case.
“The public is going to hear about everything,” the judge said on Tuesday.
Waymo disclosed that it had learned of new evidence last week. During its court filing on Monday, the company said it learned that a former Uber security analyst sent a note to an Uber in-house lawyer over six months prior, which consisted of important case information.
Back in February, Waymo sued Uber, claiming that former Waymo executive Anthony Levandowski downloaded confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company, which Uber later acquired.
Thus far, Uber has denied using any of Waymo’s trade secrets. “Uber has been waiting for its day in court for quite some time now. We’re keen to have a jury finally hear this case on its merits,” an Uber spokeswoman said.
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