Ex-worker of Tokyo Electron gets 10-year jail term in TSMC trade secrets case

By Wen-Yee Lee NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 27 (Reuters) - A Taiwan court fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron T$150 ...

Taiwan court hands down prison sentences over leaks of TSMC trade secrets

A Taiwanese court on Monday sentenced a former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing employee to 10 years in prison over the ...

Taiwan court sentences ex-Tokyo Electron staff to 10 years in TSMC trade secrets case

A court in Taiwan sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison ...

Tokyo Electron Taiwan subsidiary fined for TSMC trade secrets violation

A Taiwanese court has ordered the local subsidiary of Japanese chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to pay over 4.7 million US ...

Taiwan jails ex-TSMC engineer in trade secrets case

Chen Li-ming, an engineer who joined Tokyo Electron after leaving TSMC, was convicted. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
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What Is (and Is Not) a Trade Secret? Separating Real Secrets from Routine Information

A hotly contested issue in many trade secrets cases is whether the alleged trade secret even qualifies as a trade secret at all. Qualifying as a trade secret often turns less on what the information ...

Healthcare Tech Firm Sues Rival in Calif. Federal Court Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Healthcare tech company Adaptamed LLC has sued its competitor, Commure, in San Diego federal court for allegedly stealing ...
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Why Distinguishing Trade Secrets From Public Knowledge Matters

As companies deploy AI-driven platforms, analytics systems, and data-powered services, much of their competitive advantage now lives in internal documentation, deployment methods, proprietary ...