Micron Says China’s YMTC Used Its Trade Secrets in Chips and Patents
Micron alleges YMTC used its confidential chip technology in products and patents, including one later cited in a patent infringement lawsuit against Micron.
Micron Technology has filed a lawsuit against Chinese memory-chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and a former Micron engineer. The lawsuit alleges that YMTC recruited engineers who had access to Micron’s confidential technology and used this know-how to develop their own chips and patents. Micron claims that YMTC later used one of these patents against Micron in a patent infringement lawsuit.
- Micron Technology has accused YMTC of recruiting engineers with access to confidential Micron technology.
- Micron alleges YMTC used this know-how to develop its own chips and patents.
- YMTC is accused of later asserting a patent developed using Micron’s technology against Micron.
- The allegations are part of a 103-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.
- The lawsuit names YMTC and former Micron engineer Hongbin Zhu.
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