Taiwan charges Tokyo Electron in TSMC secrets theft case
Taiwanese prosecutors charged Tokyo Electron for failing to prevent staff from allegedly stealing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. trade secrets, escalating a dispute involving two Asian linchpins of a chip industry increasingly vital to national and economic security.Prosecutors indicted the Japanese company on several counts of violating business secret and national security laws, they said in a statement on Tuesday. They’re asking a local court to rule in favor of their request for Tokyo Electron pay a fine for failing in its duty to prevent the alleged theft."Tokyo Electron has not done its best to carry out preventive measures,” prosecutors said. They did not accuse the Japanese firm of utilizing TSMC’s proprietary data.
