Nvidia Faces Trial Over Engineer’s ‘Stolen’ Code Oops Moment

The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Nvidia Corp. must face trial in the case of an engineer who inadvertently revealed autonomous driving trade secrets that he allegedly stole from a former employer.

A federal judge in California ruled Thursday there was enough “circumstantial” evidence the Silicon Valley artificial intelligence giant benefited from the confidential data taken from a European automotive technology business to warrant sending the dispute to a jury.