Huawei Insists It's the Victim This Time of Stolen Trade Secrets
- Chinese company, ex-employee accuse each other of IP theft
- Trial in Texas could shed light on Huawei’s operations
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Huawei Technologies Co. may be fighting allegations around the world that it’s stolen technological know-how from other companies, but in a Texas court case the Chinese networking gear maker says it’s been the victim of such theft.
Huawei claims a former engineer who was developing chips to better store and retrieve data poached workers and stole proprietary information to start a new, competing firm. The former employee, Yiren “Ronnie” Huang, contends it was Huawei that stole from him and is now trying to damage his company, CNEX Labs Inc.