Former Samsung employee reportedly sentenced to five years for leaking Samsung technology
Seoul High Court reportedly sentences former employee for leaking Samsung technology; legal battle could intensify as Chinese memory companies expand beyond China
A former Samsung Electronics employee who joined Chinese memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) was reportedly sentenced by the Seoul High Court on Oct. 22 to five years in prison for leaking Samsung technology, in a case highlighting an intensifying battle over semiconductor know-how and the race for engineering talent increasingly at odds with efforts to protect trade secrets.