Sector collection / 08 published
Case files, access paths, and operational lessons for leaders responsible for this technology domain.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
An engineer uploaded more than 2,000 pages of Google AI-infrastructure material to personal cloud storage while pursuing senior roles, investors, and a startup in China.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
A bench trial found that Hao Zhang and collaborators moved radio-frequency filter know-how from Avago and Skyworks into a Tianjin University-linked manufacturing venture.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
Hytera admitted that it hired Motorola personnel, directed the removal of proprietary digital-mobile-radio material, and used the information to develop competing products at a fraction of Motorola's development cost.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
T-Mobile admitted Huawei engineers to a protected test lab under nondisclosure agreements. A civil jury later found trade-secret misappropriation, while a related federal criminal prosecution remains unresolved.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
Jiaqiang Xu left a China-based software role with a complete copy of proprietary clustered-file-system source code. He modified it to conceal its origin, then demonstrated and offered the derivative software to undercover buyers.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
A Taiwan semiconductor company pleaded guilty to stealing a Micron trade secret during work connected to Fujian Jinhua. Four years later, the federal judge found Jinhua not guilty on every criminal count.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
A 2021 federal indictment and joint cyber advisories attributed a multiyear intrusion campaign to officers of the Hainan State Security Department and a contractor front company. The defendants remain accused, not convicted.
AI, semiconductors & telecommunications
A Silicon Valley jury found that XTAL misappropriated computational-lithography source code and induced former ASML employees to breach their duties, allowing the startup to avoid years of research expense.