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alphabet is suing over for patent infringement and theft of trade secrets Google's parent company also owned way mo who are driving their autonomous car efforts they're suing auto which is a self-driving startup acquired by uber last July in its district court filing way mo alleges a former employee Anthony Levin dowski unlawfully stole trade secrets and designs of its self-driving cars lidar system Levin dowski also happens to be autos founder lidar technology is the positioning system that allows autonomous vehicles to map and move through 3d environments it's essential to their performance and safety way mo also alleges that other employees stole thousands of confidential files before leaving the company it believes this was a concerted plan to steal trade secrets and intellectual property the company said that it mistakenly received an email from one of its suppliers that showed off Uber's lidar circuit board designs designs that bore a striking resemblance to weigh my zone it has been a rough few weeks for uber who was named in the suit because of its purchase of auto auto slide our tech was one of the main reasons for the acquisition the very tech that way mo now alleges was stolen self-driving cars are a red-hot research area right now with automakers and tech giants alike racing to get them on the road to stay up to date with this developing story and more tech news hit cnet com from Sydney I'm Luke Lancaster