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February 04, 2025
Cadwalader’s major win for Zemcar in its litigation against Uber continues to garner coverage in the press.
In The American Lawyer (“State Court Rejects Uber's Attempt to Move IP Suit to Latin America”), the publication quoted the Cadwalader team – partners Danielle Tully, Doug Gansler and Jonathan Watkins; special counsel Michael Powell; and associates Catherine Taylor and Michael Russo – who said that they look forward to Grip having its day in court after the judge’s January 29 decision in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.
“As our client said at the outset, such a practice would, if left unchecked, threaten innovation and progress in America,” the statement said. “This decision is a big step toward holding Uber accountable for stealing and significantly monetizing trade secrets—on a national and international scale—from an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking, and locally owned tech startup that, as the court wrote, ‘eveloped an audiovisual-recording technology to make rideshares safer.’”
In Law360 (“Uber Can't Duck Mass. Tech Company's Trade Secrets Suit”), the article extensively quoted Suffolk Superior Court Justice Debra A. Squires-Lee’s ruling Uber “couldn't escape the lawsuit brought by [Zemcar], which developed real-time audiovisual recording technology that can run on a rideshare driver's smartphone.”
In The Law Reporters (“Court Denies Uber's Motion to Transfer IP Lawsuit to Brazil”), the article notes that the case “underscores the complexities of cross-border legal agreements and the protection of intellectual property rights in global partnerships ... [and] the decision enables [Zemcar to pursue] their case in Massachusetts, potentially influencing future tech collaborations and the enforcement of forum selection clauses in international agreements.”
