Uber Beats GPS Location-Sharing Patent Infringement Claims

Functions of Uber Technologies Inc.'s app that display driver and rider locations on a map don’t infringe two GPS tracking patents, a California federal court said.

X One Inc. failed to prove that Uber’s app performed all of the relevant steps of the patents, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said Wednesday.

X One Inc. sued Uber for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 8,798,593 and 8,798,647, covering a system for exchanging GPS data between cell phones or other wireless devices that allows “mutual tracking.” X One argued Uber’s mobile app, which displays rider and driver locations on ...