He is not a defendant in the case, but his actions, and what Uber executives knew about them, are at the center of Waymo's lawsuit. A trial is scheduled for October.In a court filing on Wednesday, Uber said Levandowski's downloads had nothing to do with his future employment at Uber. Uber did not detail how it believes the downloads would have helped Levandowski accomplish that objective.At one point while Uber was negotiating to buy Levandowski's company, Levandowski told Uber executives including former CEO Travis Kalanick that he found five discs in his home that contained Google information. "Kalanick emphatically told Levandowski that Uber did not want any such information," Uber said in the court filing, adding Levandowski said he destroyed the discs.In a separate court filing, Waymo said the incident with the discs proved Uber executives knew he possessed Google information before he came to Uber. "And even after finding out that he had Waymo materials in his possession...Uber never took any steps to prohibit Levandowski from using his 'treasure trove of files' in his work at Uber," Waymo said.Waymo also said it has not been able to review all the correspondence Levandowski had with Uber executives.

Source: Economic Times June 28, 2017 22:18 UTC