Tesla Accuses Chinese Company of Stealing Trade Secrets
Auto maker Tesla took legal action Thursday against a Chinese rival in what it characterized as a necessary defense of its trade secrets related to self-driving technology.
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German Firm Fights to Overturn $4.5M Award in 11th Circuit
An attorney for a German manufacturer accused of stealing a Georgia flooring company’s trade secrets asked an 11th Circuit panel Wednesday to reverse a judgment awarding the flooring company $4.5 million in damages.
Read moreDozens of Dog Clones Spawn Federal Contract Suit
Nearly 40 extra clones of the world’s smallest dog, dubbed Miracle Milly, came out of a contract breach according to the owner of the tiny Chihuahua who sued South Korean animal cloning companies on Tuesday.
Read moreFeds Accuse Huawei of Stealing T-Mobile Robot Secrets
Attorneys for Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets and a raft of other charges related to a robot cellular provider T-Mobile uses to test its products.
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Inguran LLC dba Sexing Technologies claims in a federal complaint that two men with whom it entered into a joint venture stole its trade secrets on bull semen processed to contain more than 90 percent female chromosomes, for sale to dairy farmers.
Read moreChinese National Sentenced For Stealing Medical Device Plans
A Chinese national who worked for two Southern California medical device makers was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for stealing trade secrets.
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Usens Inc. claims in a federal complaint that China-based ChongQing Junma New Energy Automobile Co. stole trade secrets involving its “hand gesture system for automobile internal control.”
Read moreChinese National Accused of Stealing Battery Secrets
Federal prosecutors announced Friday the arrest of a Chinese national and Oklahoma resident accused of stealing battery technology trade secrets worth over $1 billion from his American oil company employer.
Read moreNew Witnesses May Upset $740 Million Judgment
SAN ANTONIO (CN) — The San Antonio judge who issued Bexar County’s largest-ever tort judgment this year — a nearly
Read moreChina-Owned Firm Charged in US With Stealing Trade Secrets
The federal government unsealed an indictment Thursday that charges a state-owned Chinese company with stealing trade secrets from a tech firm in Idaho.
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Truinject Corp. claims in a federal complaint that Nestle Skin Health stole trade secrets and violated patent on “Kate,” a model human head with a three-dimensional tracking system and user interface that shows the consequences of Botox injections.
Read moreChinese Intelligence Officer Charged With Espionage
The Justice Department said Wednesday that a Chinese intelligence officer is facing espionage charges based on accusations that he participated in a five-year conspiracy to steal trade secrets from experts at U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.
Read moreConnecticut Judiciary Sued Over Case-Management System
A software developer that built a case-management information system for the Connecticut Judicial Branch claims in court that the successor to its decade-old program uses its trade secrets.
Read moreFair Notice
In DuPont’s trade secrets beef with several Chinese iron and steel companies, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that U.S. government agents’ service of criminal summonses on the companies’ U.S. lawyers gave the companies sufficient notice of the actions to satisfy federal law.
Read moreSilicon Valley Company Sues Walmart for $2 Billion
A Silicon Valley company sued Walmart for $2 billion Wednesday, claiming the world’s largest retailer stole its trade secrets on “freshness management” technology for reducing food waste.
Read moreJ. Craig Venter
The Human Longevity Institute sued the J. Craig Venter Institute in federal court, claiming its eponymous founder stole trade secrets from it while he was its CEO, and used them to tortiously interfere with its business.
Read moreEx-Apple Worker Charged in Scheme to Take Self-Driving Secrets to China
A former Apple employee faces 10 years in prison on charges he stole self-driving car technology from his employer to benefit a Chinese company.
Read moreEx-Tesla Employee Accused of Stealing, Leaking Data
Tesla claims in court that a former employee illegally accessed computers at the electric car maker’s battery factory in Nevada and stole proprietary information before leaking some of it to the press.
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