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Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Sues Applied Materials for Trade Secret Theft, Claiming for 99.99 Million Yuan

The Chinese semiconductor equipment maker claims in its lawsuit filed at the Beijing Intellectual Property Court that Applied Materials improperly acquired these trade secrets and subsequently disclosed them by filing a patent application in China, seeking 99.99 million yuan in compensation.

14 Huawei Ex-employees Sentenced for Stealing Chip Secrets to Launch Rival Startup, Zunpai

Fourteen former Huawei employees have been sentenced and fined for stealing proprietary chip technology and using it to establish a rival company, Zunpai Communications.

Rongta Technology hit with 200 million RMB trade secret lawsuit

Rongta Technology is facing a 200 million RMB trade secret lawsuit from its rival, Pinnacle Technology, according to a statement released by Rongta last month.

Alibaba Subsidiaries Win 30 Million Yuan in Landmark Data Protection Case

Alibaba subsidiaries Taobao, Tmall, and Taobao Software (hereinafter referred to as "the plaintiffs") have secured a significant legal victory against the defendants who deployed "parasitic software" to scrape vast amounts of data from their platforms and sell it. This comes after a judgment recentl

China rules on its first trade secret case in the AI sector

In a recent legal decision, China has concluded its first case involving the theft of trade secrets in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. A Shanghai court sentenced the defendant to two years in prison with a suspended sentence of the same duration.