Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets for Chinese companiesLinwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was found guilty after an 11-day trial of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts ...
30 Jan, 2026, 08.34 AM IST
Musk's xAI sues engineer for allegedly taking secrets to OpenAIElon Musk's xAI has filed a lawsuit against a former engineer, Xuechen Li. The lawsuit alleges Li stole confidential information related to...
29 Aug, 2025, 10.59 PM IST
Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companiesLinwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to...
07 Mar, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads platformTwitter is threatening to sue Meta Platforms over its recently launched Threads platform, stating that some of its employees who developed ...
07 Jul, 2023, 09.29 AM IST
Cartier sues Tiffany for 'high jewellery' trade secrets thefts in the USA Cartier ex-employee who joined Tiffany is also named in the legal complaint.
08 Mar, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
How to protect your trade secrets and confidential dataThe rapid shift to digital work is happening so quickly, it’s hard to know what’s possible for your company. The benefits are many – increa...
05 Mar, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Freshworks plea to dismiss Zoho's data theft suitFreshworks has asked a US court to dismiss a case filed against it by rival Zoho, saying that the petition lacked "specificity and particul...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
Former Google engineer agrees to plead guilty to secrets theftAnthony Levandowski began negotiating with ridesharing giant Uber to invest in or buy Otto while he was still working at Google, and admits...
21 Mar, 2020, 10.09 AM IST
ET Explains: All about the trade secrets theft case TCS is fightingEpic's lawsuit dates back to 2014. The case filed by it had accused TCS of stealing its intellectual property.
28 Mar, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
Carmaker Faraday sues ex-execs for alleged trade secrets theftFaraday accused former CFO Stefan Krause and ex-CTO Ulrich Kranz of soliciting at least 20 former employees to join a key rival they starte...
31 Jan, 2018, 09.29 AM IST
Concerned over US espionage charges on 6 citizens: ChinaChina said it is "strongly concerned" over the arrest of six Chinese nationals charged with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets i...
20 May, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
Government seeks US data before deciding on trade secrets lawThe lobby demanded criminal sanction to discourage theft of data and trade secrets, especially as India grows in IT and innovation.
06 May, 2015, 04.52 AM IST
Intel wants government to strengthen protection for trade secrets under IPR policyIntel has a design and development centre in Bengaluru for key products and is expanding its high-end technology research and development e...
28 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Chinese general calls US a 'Cyber thief'A Chinese general has called the US the "world's No 1 cyber thief", saying America's cyber spying force should be indicted by other countri...
28 May, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
Won't tolerate govt-sponsored cyber theft: USReflecting concern about internet security, the US has said it won't tolerate government - sponsored cyber theft of trade secrets.
20 May, 2014, 09.08 AM IST
US seeks to tackle trade-secret theft by China, othersThe plan includes working with like-minded govts to put pressure on bad actors, using trade policy tools & increasing criminal prosecutions.
21 Feb, 2013, 09.47 AM IST
- Motorola sues Huawei for trade secret theft; Huawei denies allegation
US mobile phone maker Motorola Inc has sued China's Huawei Technologies Co for alleged theft of trade secrets.
22 Jul, 2010, 03.16 PM IST