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fromTheregister
4 days agoEx-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets
A former Google software engineer has been convicted of stealing AI hardware secrets from the company for the benefit of two China-based firms, one of which he founded. The second startup intended to use these secrets to market its technology to PRC-controlled organizations. On Thursday, Linwei ("Leon") Ding, 38, was convicted on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of trade secret theft for stealing confidential information related to Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), and SmartNIC network interface cards.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 months agoNinth Circuit Says Group of Chinese Companies Indicted for Trade Secret Theft Failed Foreign Sovereign Immunity Test
Chinese companies cannot claim foreign sovereign immunity in U.S. court for economic espionage involving stolen trade secrets.
Ninth Circuit reinforces that ownership by a foreign state doesn't grant immunity under federal law.
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