Frbiz.com reports the United States court ruled that SMIC TSMC trade secrets theft

According to foreign media reports, for several years, SMIC TSMC to prosecute theft of trade secrets case, and then out the important progress the U. S. has made Tuesday a court ruling favorable to the TSMC. United States Alameda County (Alameda County) of the High Court ruled that the jury has not yet TSMC SMIC to the amount of compensation, but the speculation that a substantial amount. TSMC’s attorney said the company did not raise a specific claim, but said the compensation of expert witnesses to determine the range of 1 billion U. S. dollars. Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is a well-known companies, headquartered in Shanghai, SMIC’s qualifications is relatively shallow. Conflict in the two companies began in late 2003, when the SMIC TSMC to prosecute violations of its patents, and steal in the silicon chip assembly confidential technical information. SMIC denied the allegation, but in January 2005 the two parties reached a settlement agreement, TSMC, SMIC to pay 175 million U. S. dollars to the compensation, including related patent licensing fees. Later this year, TSMC, SMIC to prosecute violations of terms of the agreement. As TSMC’s attorney, the U. S. law firm Keker & Van Nest LLP attorney Jeffrey Chanin (Jeffrey Chanin) said that the case involves 65 commercial secrets, which he encountered the largest commercial espionage cases. After 9 weeks of the trial, the court ruled that SMIC improperly, “the acquisition, use and disclosure” of TSMC’s trade secrets, and breach of settlement agreement signed in 2005. SMIC is responsible for defending the United States Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati law firm’s lawyer David Stuart (David Steuer) is that the issues involved in this case the information does not constitute a commercial secret, and has been widely disseminated through technical literature . TSMC, SMIC has also filed counterclaims, including allegations of theft of SMIC TSMC trade secrets. Stewart said that some issues are still being tried. He said: “Obviously (the ruling) for them (TSMC) is very favorable terms. ” But he also said that the matter is far from over because the counterclaims SMIC has not yet handed down.

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