Trade Secrets news and trends

US Charges China’s Huawei With Trying To Steal Trade Secrets
Security & Fraud // February 14, 2020

Chinese telecom firm Huawei was charged with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets on Thursday (Feb. 13), along with two of its U.S. subsidiaries, according to The Wall Street Journal. The charges are yet another escalation to the pressure from the Trump administration on...

Legal Woes Threaten To Ground Beyond Meat’s Stock
Investments // January 29, 2020

Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is facing a lawsuit from former business partner Don Lee over fraud allegations, saying the company misappropriated its trade secrets and broke a contract. This could hurt its stock rates, according to CCN.com. Don Lee alleges that it helped Beyond...

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber
Legal // August 27, 2019

Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Aug. 27). Levandowski was charged with 33 counts of trade secret theft in an indictment filed by...

Huawei CEO: Banks Were Aware Of Firm’s Activities
Security & Fraud // June 20, 2019

The head of Huawei claims the banks involved in the U.S. case against his company knew about all of its business activities. In an exclusive interview with CNBC on Wednesday (June 19), CEO Ren Zhengfei spoke for the first time about the case against Huawei....

Quick Reads
Apple Sues Startup Rivos in Trade-Secret Case

May 02, 2022
Apple has accused Rivos, a “stealth mode” startup, in a lawsuit of poaching its engineers to steal trade secrets, a report from Bloomberg said Monday (May 2). Rivos has hired “dozens” of Apple engineers since June 2021, in what Apple says was a targeted push. Rivos is allegedly doing this to steal secrets that could […]

US Charges China’s Huawei With Trying To Steal Trade Secrets

February 14, 2020
Chinese telecom firm Huawei was charged with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets on Thursday (Feb. 13), along with two of its U.S. subsidiaries, according to The Wall Street...

Legal Woes Threaten To Ground Beyond Meat’s Stock

January 29, 2020
Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is facing a lawsuit from former business partner Don Lee over fraud allegations, saying the company misappropriated its trade secrets and broke a contract. This...

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Selling Trade Secrets To Uber

August 27, 2019
Former Google engineer and self-driving pioneer Anthony Levandowski is being charged with stealing closely guarded secrets and selling them to Uber, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Aug. 27)....