China's UCAR accuses Silicon Valley team of stealing trade secrets

The Chinese ride-hailing app company has filed a suit against former U.S. employees who allegedly used stolen trade secrets to attract investors for their own business

5 minute readMarch 30, 2017 at 09:23 PM

Katherine Jo

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China's UCAR accuses Silicon Valley team of stealing trade secrets

By Ross Todd, The Recorder

Here's a typical pattern for a trade secrets lawsuit in Northern California: U.S. tech company hires Chinese national. Employee returns to China to start a similar venture. Litigation follows, claiming the ex-worker has stolen valuable trade secrets.

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