Intellectual Property,
Criminal
Aug. 5, 2020
Engineer gets 18-month prison sentence in trade secrets case
The former Google engineer whose defection to Uber led to a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary self-driving car technology and criminal charges of trade secrets theft must serve 18 months in prison, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The former Google engineer whose defection to Uber led to a high-stakes legal battle over proprietary self-driving car technology and criminal charges of trade secrets theft must serve 18 months in prison, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Siding with prosecutors that home confinement is not enough to deter future theft, U.S. District Judge William Alsup...
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