Taiwan charges Tokyo Electron’s Taiwan unit in TSMC trade secrets case
Taiwan
TAIPEI: Taiwan prosecutors said on Tuesday (Dec 2) they had charged Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit with violating the National Security Act and the Trade Secrets Act after a former employee was indicted in August for alleged theft of trade secrets from chipmaker TSMC. The prosecutors said in a statement that it was the first corporate indictment under Taiwan's National Security Act involving the alleged theft of national core critical technology trade secrets. The unit could face fines of up to T$
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