“On information and belief, Waze copied the PhantomAlert database on multiple occasions after late 2012, re-incorporated the copied data into the Waze application, and continued to display the Points of Interest data to the users of the Waze application.” The complaint states: “Among other methods, PhantomAlert determined that Waze had copied its Points of Interest database by observing the presence of fictitious Points of Interest in the Waze application, which PhantomAlert had seeded into its own database for the purpose of detecting copying. PhantomAlert cites as evidence the presence of non-existent points of interest in Waze’s database, which it says could only have come from its own data. Waze users can update the app in real-time to mark jams, speed cameras and road works, as well as add more detail to the map itself.īut the lawsuit from rival app PhantomAlert alleges that some of Waze’s database was lifted wholesale in 2010. Google is facing a lawsuit over allegations that its Waze traffic app stole part of its database from a competing app called PhantomAlert.Īcquired in 2013, Waze offers turn-by-turn driving directions, but it differs from Google’s own Maps app in its tight integration of crowd-sourced information for map and traffic data.
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