Tokyo Electron Confirms Now-Former Employee Involved in IP Case

Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Tokyo Electron has confirmed a now-fired employee is involved in an intellectual property case in Taiwan.

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00:00Tokyo Electron has confirmed a now-fired employee at its Taiwan office is involved in an IP case

00:06being investigated by Taipei prosecutors. It comes after three former TSMC staff were

00:12arrested on Tuesday for allegedly leaking information about the company's advanced

00:16technology. Prosecutors raided the Taiwan branch of Tokyo Electron as part of their probe.

00:22The Japanese firm says it has not found any evidence of trade secrets being shared with

00:26third parties and that is fully cooperating with the investigation.