Two Silicon Valley engineers, are among just a handful of defendants to face federal charges under a section of the 13-year-old Economic Espionage Act, designed to prevent the illegal transfer of technology to foreign governments. READ MORE
Lan Lee of Palo Alto, CA, and Yuefe Ge of San Jose, CA, were indicted in 2007 on charges of economic espionage, theft of trades secrets, and conspiracy. While employed by NetLogics Microsystems, the two allegedly conspired to steal trade secrets related to computer chip design and development from their employer and from another company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. They sought funding from the Government of China for their company, SICO Microsystems, Inc., which they created to develop and market products derived from and using the stolen trade secrets.
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Lan Lee of Palo Alto, CA, and Yuefe Ge of San Jose, CA, were indicted in 2007 on charges of economic espionage, theft of trades secrets, and conspiracy. While employed by NetLogics Microsystems, the two allegedly conspired to steal trade secrets related to computer chip design and development from their employer and from another company, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation. They sought funding from the Government of China for their company, SICO Microsystems, Inc., which they created to develop and market products derived from and using the stolen trade secrets.
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