Identical fake data points on both companies’ maps demonstrate that Google-owned Waze Inc. infringed on a global positioning system company’s database, PhantomALERT said in an April 7 court filing (PhantomALERT Inc. v. Google Inc., N.D. Cal., 3:15-cv-03986, second amended complaint filed 4/7/16).
PhantomALERT filed a second amended complaint against Google and Waze, asserting a single claim for copyright infringement. Its prior complaint was dismissed for failing to allege that Waze copied the protectable elements of the database, despite the court finding that parts of its database were protectable.
PhantomALERT alleged that Chief Executive Officer Yoseph Seyoum scrutinized Waze’s ...
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