Taiwan's top research institute, ITRI, has rescinded a lifetime achievement award given to Lo Wei-jen, a former TSMC executive accused of providing trade secrets to Intel. TSMC is suing Lo, but one industry leader says the case's multinational scope could complicate things.
00:00Yitri, Taiwan's top research institute, may revoke a Lifetime Achievement Award given to a former executive of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC accused of intellectual property theft.
00:12TSMC is taking its former senior vice president, Luo Weiren, to court, alleging he shared trade secrets with U.S. rival Intel.
00:20Luo retired from TSMC earlier this year before joining Intel, a move TSMC could violate confidentiality agreements.
00:26Key figures in the industry say the case will be hard to prosecute because of its multinational scope.
00:50Yitri told Taiwan Plus that it's still investigating the case and that it has no further comment at this time.
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