Uber owns patent for technology involved in Google lawsuit
According to a Reuters report, Uber's self-driving unit Otto owns a startup called Tyto that has a patent for the LiDAR technology over which Google spinoff Waymo has sued Uber. Tyto's unpublicised acquisition was by Otto made in May 2016. According to the lawsuit, former Google employee and Otto Co-founder Anthony Levandowski stole over 14,000 confidential files from Waymo.