recently, Anthony, the former head of Uber's self-driving division．Lewandowski (Anthony Levandowski) Was ordered to pay Google in connection with the theft of trade secrets 1. 79 Hundred million dollar compensation. In the case, Lewandowski is accused of playing a role in 2016 He left Google's self-driving unit in 2000 Waymo Stole classified documents.

　　2020 years 3 month 4 day, In a final ruling issued by the Superior Court of San Francisco County, California, Lewandowski's request to challenge the earlier arbitration award was denied.

　　2019 years 8 month, A grand jury in California found Levandowski guilty of stealing trade secrets from Google about self-driving cars. The ruling is the final result of the lawsuit.

　　Google says, 2016 years, Levandowski downloaded the project in question from Google's servers, Confidential manufacturing and commercial documents, Then he left without saying goodbye.

　　After leaving Google, Levandowski founded his own self-driving car startup Ottomotto, It was later taken by Uber 6. 8 For $100 million.

　　According to the lawsuit, in 2019 years 3 Late month, A court-appointed arbitration panel issued a provisional ruling in favor of Google.

　　Arbitration panel finds, Lewandowski did "Misused Google's confidential information and took other inappropriate actions related to Google's self-driving car program, Breach of duty of loyalty, And violated his employment contract with Google" . subsequently, The team is 2019 years 12 Unanimous approval, Issued a final ruling in favor of Google.

　　however, Mr Lewandowski claims the panel refused because he invoked the Fifth Amendment "self-incrimination" while "punishment" he, The court stated that, "Lewandowski's attempt to overturn the award does not meet the requirements for judicial review of the arbitration award on narrow grounds" .

　　According to the court's ruling, "correspondingly, Lewandowski's petition to vacate the arbitration award was denied, Google's request to confirm the ruling was granted. "

　　According to some media reports, Levandowski, who pioneered Google's self-driving car efforts, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

(Compiled from www. worldipreview. com) 　　

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Wang Dan　proofread: Rason group

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