Waymo wanted $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber to make its trade secret lawsuit go away.
According to Reuters, Waymo also wanted an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology in the future.
Uber rejected all these terms but no one has actually revealed what it offered instead, Waymo is rather confident in its legal position after months of pretrial victories which have placed Uber on the back foot.
Legal experts say that it is pretty clear that Waymo is not in a hurry to resolve the lawsuit. It is causing a major headache for Uber and there is a good chance it will win.
Waymo recently persuaded a San Francisco federal judge to delay a trial to decide the dispute from October to early December, citing the need to investigate evidence Uber had not disclosed earlier.
The judge overseeing the case mandated that the companies enter mediation with a court-appointed magistrate.
Amy Candido, a Waymo attorney, declined to comment on any settlement talks, but said the company?s reasons for suing Uber are ?pretty clear?.
?Waymo had one goal: to stop Uber from using its trade secrets?, she said. ?That remains its goal.?
Waymo sued Uber in February, claiming that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company, called Otto, which Uber acquired soon after.
Uber denied using any of Waymo?s trade secrets.
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