The accusing the company of San Francisco is Kevin Halpern, an entrepreneur who claims to have begun to develop technology that Uber uses in 2002, a company that owns and called Celluride Wireless.
You will have continued the process until 2008, by the way have created a pilot and model information shared with the CEO and co-founder of Uber, Travis Kalanick. In 2009 this has progressed to the creation of the Uber and left out of the project.
The Uber, which meanwhile became the second startup funded by capital risk most valuable in the world (is valued at 41,200 million dollars), has already reacted and ensures that the accusations are totally unfounded, ensuring that they will contest them vigorously.
Kevin Halpern has patents on technology that claims to have developed but have documents sealed from which claims can be shown that technology today used by Uber first developed years earlier for itself.
At the judicial process aimed directly Uber, join proceedings against the two co-founders of the company and against the risk of capital that an early time invested in the company.
This is not the first case of its kind brought to justice for Kevin Halpern. In 2009 also claimed co-authoring a project. The case was eventually settled under an agreement between the parties last year.
The Uber focuses the business on a mobile app that brings together those seeking transportation to those who can provide it. It is an alternative to the taxi service, but that takes place between individuals.
The concept has mobilized the private transport industry and many other countries injunctions were filed to stop the operation of Uber. Portugal is no exception and the request has been accepted by the court, but the service continues to run.
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