US Chip-Gear Maker Sued in China Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

The best US chip depot Supplier Applied Materials Inc. was sued by an opponent in China by an opponent, which was described as commercial secret theft, which was a rise in the technology war between the two largest economies in the world.

Beijing E-toown Semiconductor Technology Co., according to a company’s statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, has filed a lawsuit against practical materials with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.

The Chinese chip gear manufacturer claimed that the California -based Santa Clara company had obtained, used and revealed its basic technologies regarding the application of the plasma source in the treatment of the surface of wafers. The court opened the case, but did not start a hearing.

Applied materials hired two employees from Mattson, a US subsidiary of E-toown’s fully owned, and said that they were special for Beijing Company’s registered plasma technologies. Applied materials, after joining the Santa Clara company, two of them, the National Intellectual Property Administration in China as an inventor of patent, he said.

“The patent application violated the rules of China’s laws of confrontation and violated commercial secrets and caused significant damages to the intellectual property and economic interests of the plaintiff.” He said.

E-toown asks the court to stop using the commercial secrets of the materials applied and to destroy the relevant materials. He also is looking for about 100 million Yuan for damage.

The Beijing Intellectual Property Court did not respond to more than one call except for normal hours. Applied materials did not respond immediately to comments requests.

Chip-Gear Technology is a focus on the long-term technology war between the US and China. To date, the US, the Netherlands and Japan are still dominant in the field of semiconductor production equipment.

A US -led campaign prevented Chinese companies from preventing the Dutch supplier ASML from holding the latest technology of extreme ultraviolet lithography systems, which are required to make the latest chips to improve artificial intelligence algorithms. ASML’s Technologies, Applied Materials and Lam Research Corp.

While E-Town’s movement can be seen as part of China’s efforts to retaliate to the United States, the two companies have the current dispute. In 2022, applied materials filed a lawsuit against Mattson for alleged institutional espionage. Mattson refused to do any mistake at that time.

With the help of Peter Blumberg and Brody Ford.

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