Meguiar sued liandian for secret theft and sentenced: liandian was fined NT $100million and three employees were sentenced!

According to Taiwan media United News Network , Taichung courtyard 6 month 12 On the afternoon of the th, Meguiar announced its judgment on the case of suing liandian for stealing trade secrets . He Jianting was sentenced 5 year 6 Months , Fine 500 Ten thousand new Taiwan dollars ; Wang Yongming was sentenced 4 year 6 Months , Fine 400 Ten thousand new Taiwan dollars ; United Power associate Rong Letian sentenced 6 year 6 Months , Fine 600 Ten thousand new Taiwan dollars ; Liandian was fined 1 Billion new Taiwan dollar , However, it can still appeal to the intellectual property court .

Lin Yuansen, President of the Taichung District Court, said , According to the provisions of the intellectual property case trial law , Litigation materials involving trade secrets , The trial is closed . Besides , Lin Yuansen said , The case was heard by the intellectual property panel of the court , And it is a criminal and civil trial . This case is different from other criminal cases , If the defendant is found guilty , You can appeal to the intellectual property court , Instead of appealing to the Taichung High Court .

It is reported that , The case can be traced back to the cooperation between liandian and Fujian Jinhua .

2016 year 2 month , Fujian electronic information group 、 Jinjiang Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd. and others jointly contributed , Through technical cooperation with liandian , Set up the DRAM Chip manufacturing enterprise Fujian Jinhua Electronics . Specifically, it is funded by Fujian Jinhua , Entrust liandian to develop DRAM Related technology . According to public information , Jinhua provided 300 million US dollars for the purchase of R & D equipment , And pay 400 million US dollars for United Power in succession according to the progress , The developed technical achievements are shared by both parties , After the completion of the overall technology , Then transfer to Jinhua for mass production .

2017 year 2 month , Chen Zhengkun, senior deputy general manager of liandian, served as general manager of Jinhua integration . however , stay 2017 year 9 month , Meguiar sued ITU in Taiwan , The employee who transferred from micron to liandian was accused of stealing micron's DRAM Trade secret , It is suspected that Meguiar DRAM technology Leakage to liandian , Help Utd develop 32nm DRAM.

2017 year 12 month , Micron also sued Jinhua and liandian in California federal court , Said that liandian stole its intellectual property rights through Meguiar's employees in Taiwan , Including the key technology of memory chip , And delivered to Fujian Jinhua .

2018 year 1 month 19 Japan , Jinhua infringes on a series of products sold by micron in China , File a lawsuit against micron , On the same day, he submitted a petition to Fuzhou intermediate people's court , Request that Meguiar immediately stop infringing Jinhua's patent , And claim compensation amounting to RMB 1.96 One hundred million yuan .

2018 year 7 month 3 Japan , Fuzhou intermediate people's court ruled that micron semiconductor sales （ Shanghai ） Ltd. immediately stopped selling 、 More than ten imported funds Crucial Inrida SSD 、 Memory modules and related chips , And delete the advertising about the above products in its website 、 Purchase links and other information . At the same time, it ruled that micron semiconductor （ Xi'an ） The limited liability company immediately stopped manufacturing 、 sales 、 Import several memory module products .

2018 year 10 month 19 Japan , Chen Zhengkun, general manager of Jinhua integration, entered the country from Taoyuan airport , Received from Taiwan “ The legal department ” The official is entrusted by the U.S. Department of justice to transmit the subpoena of the U.S. federal court .

2018 year 10 month 30 Japan （ The United States time 10 month 29 Japan ）, The U.S. Department of commerce uses national security as an excuse , Announce from 10 month 30 The export control of Jinhua integration will be implemented from the th , It is listed in export control by the United States “ List of entities ” Chinese enterprises . meanwhile , Liandian said that the cooperation plan with Jinhua integration will not be affected , Will continue to develop technology in accordance with the contract .

2018 year 10 month 31 Japan , Liandian announced that it has received a “ International Trade Bureau ” rulings , It is hoped that liandian will cooperate with the requirements of the U.S. Department of Commerce , Control is above the Jinhua contract . After evaluation, the senior management of liandian , Decided to suspend the cooperation with Jinhua integration , When the whole thing is settled , And then negotiate with Jinhua integration for subsequent cooperation .

2018 year 11 month 1 Japan , The federal prosecutor's office for the Northern District of California in the United States indicted Jinhua integration and liandian for conspiring to steal micron's trade secrets , The indictment pointed out that three Taiwanese men were involved in the case , Chen Zhengkun 、 He Jianting （He Jianting, Transliteration ）、 Yong Ming Wang （Wang Yungming, Transliteration ）, All three have worked for micron , And suspected of stealing micron technology when transferring to liandian .

2018 year 11 month 3 Japan , Fujian Jinhua issued a statement in response saying , There is no stealing technology from other companies .

2019 year 1 End of month , Liandian announced its withdrawal from Fujian Jinhua DRAM project , And recognize 2300 Million dollars of expense loss .

This time, the Taiwan Court sentenced micron in 2017 year 9 The lawsuit against liandian and its related employees filed in Taiwan in August . This time, liandian lost the lawsuit in Taiwan , It may also have an adverse impact on micron's lawsuit against United Power and Jinhua in the United States .

According to Taiwan Economic Daily , Liandian aims at Taichung Diyuan 6 month 12 The guilty verdict on the case of micron company accusing liandian and others of stealing trade secrets , Said it would appeal according to law . Liandian emphasizes , It has not violated the business secrets law , The guilty verdict and high fines will be appealed according to law .

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