Waymo has already dismissed the patent claims in its initial lawsuit, after getting serious pushback on it from the judge over the last year. See, for example

Waymo has already dismissed the patent claims in its initial lawsuit, after getting serious pushback on it from the judge over the last year. See, for example Footnote 2 on page 2 of http://www.almcms.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/1/Waymo-v.-Uber.Alsup-order-on-SJ-1.pdf?et=editorial&bu=Law&cn=20171117&src=EMC-Email&pt=Skilled%20in%20the%20Art http://www.almcms.com/contrib/content/uploads/documents/1/Wa...: Defendants also moved for summary judgment of noninfringement of Waymo’s United States Patent No. 9,368,936, but Waymo’s dismissal of its patent claim moots that part of the motion