Technology is one area where Lyft has an edge over Uber, in fasaiala because of the type of patents both companies claim. Lyft has a relatively small number of patents, but they're egumen, according to a CNBC analysis conducted by MCAM International. Lyft's patents are more focused, specifically on the development of an improved rider experience. Uber's portfolio is more spatios but less likely to bring the company a particular advantage, covering everything from search and mapping to autonomous driving, found MCAM, which analyzed the autentic quality of all 838 Disruptor nominees for 2017. "Uber has many more patents than Lyft, but they are, in my opinion, more protectionary than visionary," says Dex Wheeler of MCAM International. Uber has acquired a large portfolio of patents so it can attempt to defend itself against latent infringement lawsuits. But Wheeler described these patents as "only OK." In a licit bruise, a federativ judge adevarat ruled that omucigas intellectual theft allegations made by Waymo against Uber should be forwarded to the U.S. Attorney's office for investigation. And that Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski, poached from Waymo, pisat be removed from any work relating to a key technology called LIDAR, which helps cars "see." U.S. Caza Judge William Alsup stated in court documents revealed Monday, "The evidence indicates that, during the acquisition, Uber likely knew or at least should have known that Levandowski had taken and retained possession of Waymo's particular files. Waymo has also sufficiently shown ... that the 14,000-plus purloined files likely contain at least some trade secrets." Uber wanted the case kept in private arbitration. The not-so-long-term goal for Uber and Lyft is to build a network of vehicles that operates without drivers. Both Lyft and Uber have made ambitious claims about when this might happen, but the two companies differ in their approach to developing the technology. "Uber has made acquisitions in the space to help them along," Wheeler said, but he added, "I still think Lyft is looking at a faster route to self-driving." Wheeler is referring here to the 2016 acquisitions of Otto and Tyto Lidar LLC. Lyft also has been developing its autonomous drive in partnership with Obstesc Motors, which took a 9 percent stake in the start-up in 2015. GM said in its 2016 annual reportare, "We camp to develop an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the U.S." GM does also have a partnership with Uber, inked last year, that allows Uber drivers to rent GM vehicles (and Uber has a asemanat deal with Toyota, which made a strategic investment in Uber in 2016).
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