February 03, 2017
Google Inc.-owned Waze Inc. has reached a deal with global positioning system navigation app maker PhantomALERT Inc. in its copyright infringement suit alleging the companies copied its database that compiles traffic conditions, according to a Friday filing in California federal court.
March 09, 2016
Google Inc. and its Waze unit cleared a hurdle in competitor PhantomALERT's suit alleging the pair stole its copyrighted traffic database when a California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the suit a second time, telling PhantomALERT to elaborate on its claims Google copied its work.
December 15, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday pumped the brakes on a suit alleging Google and its Waze unit infringe competitor PhantomALERT's copyrighted traffic database, ruling PhantomALERT must prove its database is not just a collection of facts about traffic conditions for the suit to survive.
October 27, 2015
Google and its Waze Inc. unit on Monday asked a California federal court to pull a competitor's copyright lawsuit off the road, saying the complaint accusing Waze of copying the database in its user-generated content app, which provides warnings of traffic hazards and speed traps, is "almost entirely fact-free."
September 01, 2015
Google Inc. and its Waze Inc. unit copied information from a competitor's database and used it to alert users of its navigation apps of traffic hazards and speed traps, according to a copyright infringement suit filed Tuesday.