Two of the biggest questions hanging over Uber's legal fight with Google are 'likely' be decided this week (GOOG, GOOGL)

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May 9, 2017 10:57 PM

We'll learn soon whether Uber has to put a stop to its self-driving car research or whether the case will go dark instead.

Brothers. From different mothers. And fathers.

This week could be pivotal in the case that has pitted two of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies against each other as a federal judge has warned that his decisions on two important matters to the case are "very likely" to be filed this week.

Up in the air are two major decisions: whether Waymo will win a preliminary injunction to ban Uber from using its trade secrets and halting parts of its research, and Uber's argument that the case should not be heard in open courts in the first place.

On Tuesday, Judge William Alsup warned the two companies that his orders are "impending" and are "very likely" to be filed this week.

The filings will mark the first major decisions made in the case since the dispute between the companies kicked off in February when Waymo, the self-driving-car division that spun out of Google in December, accused Uber of stealing its trade secrets and intellectual property and of infringing on patents related to its lidar systems.

#1 — Waymos bid to halt Ubers research

Since its initial filing, Waymo had filed a preliminary injunction to try to put an emergency stop to Uber's alleged use of its trade secrets and proprietary information.

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As it turns out Google, has itself actually brought a separate case in arbitration against Levandowski, for allegedly trying to poach employees.)

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