Zemcar Inc. D/B/A Grip Mobility Co. v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Uber Technologies, Inc., retained Zemcar Inc.—which was doing business as Grip Mobility Co. (“Grip”)— to develop a smart-phone-based app that would make audiovisual recordings of Uber rides, to protect both passengers and drivers. Grip contends that its app was a great success during a Brazilian pilot program; Uber asserts that the app had “significant issues and limitations.” Uber and Grip also discussed the possibility of incorporating Grip’s audiovisual-capture solution in software for unaccompanied minors using rideshares. After terminating its relationship with Grip, Uber released an…