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Top Court Upholds Conviction of Everlight for Stealing Seoul Semiconductor’s LED Technology

SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a conviction against Taiwan’s Everlight Electronics for stealing advanced light-emitting diode (LED) technology from Seoul Semiconductor, marking a landmark ruling in the protection of industrial technologies. Seoul Semiconductor said Tuesday that the court recently confirmed earlier guilty verdicts under the nation’s Industrial Technology Protection [...]

Appeals Court Sentences Chinese X-SK Hynix Worker to 5 Yrs in Prison for Technology Leak

SUWON, South Korea, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An appeals court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese former employee of SK hynix Inc. to five years in prison for leaking the company’s core semiconductor technology. The Suwon High Court handed down the sentence, along with a 30 million-won (US$21,500) fine, to the 37-year-old defendant for leaking [...]