According to the complaint, he registered the Celluride website in 2003 and developed a mobile phone prototype in 2006. It was then, the complaint said, that he encountered Kalanick at an office Kalanick was renting from his friend in San Francisco.
Halpern said in the complaint that with Kalanick’s promises to keep the information confidential, he shared his concept, designs and prototype.
Halpern’s attorney, Christopher Dolan, who has handled other civil cases against Uber, said at a press conference on Thursday that “as the creator of the ride-sharing industry concept, (Halpern) feels he has been left out of the company by the people he worked with.”
Halpern is also suing Uber investors Bill Trenchard of First Round Capital, Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital and Scott Belsky.
In 2009, Halpern sued Anu Shukla, the founder of Offerpal Media, which is now known as Tapjoy, for allegedly violating an agreement and cutting him out of that company. The case was thrown out by a California state judge after Halpern disobeyed discovery orders.
Dolan could not be immediately reached on Friday.
The case is Kevin Halpern & Celluride Wireless Inc v. Uber Technologies Inc et al, No. 15-545825, in the Superior Court for the City and County of San Francisco.
(Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York- Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Lisa Shumaker)
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