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TSMC wins a secrecy battle against Samsung

by on26 August 2015


Stop nicking our secrets

TSMC has won a court ruling that will prohibit a former employee from leaking trade secrets to Samsung.

Liang Mong-song left TSMC in 2009 and allegedly gave trade secrets to Samsung.

Now Taiwan's Supreme Court ruled in favour of TSMC in its lawsuit against and told Liang he cannot offer his services to Samsung before the end of the year, and must refrain from leaking any trade secrets related to TSMC's chip technology.

Liang has been accused of leaking trade secrets to Samsung, giving the Korean company an edge in its chip making. In response, TSMC has been waging a legal battle against Liang since 2011.

Liang's lawyer, Wellington Ku said restricting his client from working at a rival company would generate controversy as his non-compete agreement had already expired.

TSMC is continually updating its chip technology to remain competitive, but is losing chip orders to Samsung.

Still TSMC was a different company and making different products when Liang worked for them. Six years is a life-time in IT.

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