[ad_1] Tesla has prevailed in a key lawsuit over trade secret theft. Self-driving car startup Zoox has settled with Tesla and acknowledged that some of its new logistics recruits “were in possession of Tesla documents” that covered shipping and warehouse processes. Zoox agreed to both pay an unmentioned amount to Tesla and go through an […]
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Quibi accused of patent infringement for its ‘Turnstyle’ video feature
[ad_1] The tech in question allows Quibi to play different videos depending on whether the viewer is holding their phone horizontally or vertically, and it’s central to Quibi’s offering. Eko’s lawyers sent Quibi a letter demanding that it stop using the technology or license it. Eko also claims that some Quibi employees stole trade secrets […]
Huawei accuses US Justice Department of ‘political persecution’
[ad_1] The company starts the statement by claiming that many of the criminal charges the US Justice Department announced yesterday are based on older civil disputes that have already been resolved in the past.”In these disputes, no court has ever found that Huawei had engaged in malicious intellectual property theft, or required Huawei to pay […]
Justice Department charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, again
[ad_1] These new charges allege that Huawei has run a decades-long attempt to steal intellectual property from six specific but unnamed US companies. Huawei allegedly got its hands on trade secrets and copyrighted work by entering into and then breaking confidentiality agreements, recruiting employees from competitors and using professors as proxies. Huawei even offered bonuses […]
Hackers targeted BMW, Hyundai in hunt for trade secrets
[ad_1] BMW declined to comment on the specific case, saying instead that it had “structures and processes” that both limited external hacking attempts and would let it quickly spot and recover from intrusions. Hyundai hasn’t responded to requests for comment so far. The culprits may have been easy to identify, though. OceanLotus (aka APT32 or […]
Former Tesla employee admits to storing Autopilot source code on his own iCloud
[ad_1] In the court filing, ex-employee Guangzhi Cao admits that he accessed Tesla’s source code and uploaded the files to a personal drive, but denies that his actions constitute theft of trade secrets. Tesla disagrees, writing in its complaint that the Autopilot feature Cao worked on is the “crown jewel of Tesla’s intellectual property portfolio” […]
AMD denies improperly sharing CPU tech with China
[ad_1] The company claimed that it “diligently and proactively” told the Commerce and Defense Departments (plus other agencies) about the Sugon deal, and that there were “no objections whatsoever” to either the joint ventures or the technology handover. AMD further argued that the report left out vital details, such as the “significant protections” put in […]
Tesla alleges self-driving car startup Zoox stole company secrets
[ad_1] According to Tesla, the four former employees violated the terms of their contracts by forwarding documents and other information from work email addresses to personal accounts. The files included inventory documents, company schematics and other proprietary pieces of information. Tesla says it caught on to the alleged scheme when one of the former employees […]