The trend of former Big Tech employees being taken to court for stealing trade secrets does not seem to be over, as a former Google employee is now facing many years in prison for doing just that.
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After months of negotiations, the United States and China have reached a major agreement allowing TikTok to keep operating for its 170 million American users.
Another former Apple employee is in the company's crosshairs over allegations of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with his new employer, Oppo.
TSMC has fired several employees after it discovered trade secrets had been leaked. The company has not specified what details were leaked.
Google has signed up to the EU's AI Code of Practice in a pragmatic step, but has a big warning for the bloc.
Apple has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, claiming he took Vision Pro trade secrets with him to his new job at Snap.
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against a former employee who used to work on the Autopilot team. Tesla says that Guangzhi Cao stole 300,000 files that pertained to Autopilot code before leaving the firm.
Earlier this year, Waymo took Uber to court over allegations that the ride-hailing company stole trade secrets, but a newly disclosed letter may lend some credence to a cover-up by the latter.
The bitter legal battle brewing between Apple and Qualcomm escalated today with a new suit filed by the latter accusing Apple of sharing its code with Intel, giving its rival "unprecedented access."
The court case was supposed to start in October but Waymo had applied for it to be delayed slightly and moved to December, apparently so that they could compile more evidence for their case.
It has been revealed by a lawyer for Uber that the upper limit that Alphabet's Waymo is seeking from Uber over the stolen trade secrets is $2.6 billion. Waymo is currently seeking to delay the trial.
Uber has sacked the VP at the centre of a court case it's fighting with Alphabet which owns the self-driving car firm, Waymo. The firing shows that Uber does believe its employee stole trade secrets.
Korean police have raided Samsung's Display office in connection with allegations that employees had stolen LG OLED technology. Samsung denies that claims, while LG say they didn't inform the police.
AMD has filed a lawsuit against four former employees, including an ex-corporate vice president, claiming that the group stole over 100,000 secret documents from the company before leaving for NVIDIA
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