Loyal readers are familiar with the DOJ’s “China Initiative,” launched in November 2018 to prosecute the theft of U.S. trade secrets by or for Chinese interests. Attorney General Barr reaffirmed the DOJ’s commitment “to...more
3/10/2020
/ Bank Fraud ,
China ,
Confidential Information ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Espionage Act ,
Equifax ,
Espionage ,
Extradition ,
Hackers ,
Huawei ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proprietary Information ,
Racketeering ,
Social Security Numbers ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Secrets ,
White Collar Crimes
Trade Secrets Watch has been covering the escalating economic tension between China and the U.S., including the U.S. Trade Representative’s investigation on China’s alleged IP theft under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974,...more
5/21/2019
/ China ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Espionage ,
Executive Orders ,
Huawei ,
Imports ,
National Security ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
USTR
As we previously reported, on August 14, 2017, President Trump signed an executive memo asking U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to determine whether to launch an investigation into China’s alleged theft of...more
1/22/2018
/ China ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Investigations ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Section 301 ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trump Administration ,
USTR ,
WTO
For trade secret owners, international IP theft is of particular concern because of the difficulty in catching and enforcing remedies against the thieves. For many U.S. companies with a global reach, an overriding concern...more
Expectations didn’t appear high for the latest round of China-U.S. talks about a variety of economic issues including trade secret protection. As previously discussed at TSW, China had not signed onto the Trans-Pacific...more
The recent arrest and likely prosecution of three executives at Taiwanese smartphone giant HTC Corporation may foreshadow an era of tougher prosecutions under Taiwan’s newly amended Trade Secrets Act. Although the arrests...more