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Feb. 17, 2023

Apple wants sanctions, claims NuVia founder destroyed evidence

The former employee called Apple’s motion a “final act of desperation” and claims that the company has no evidence in the “hundreds of thousands of pages of document production” that he misappropriated the documents in question related to Apple’s smartphone chip technology.

Apple Inc. asked a Santa Clara County judge Thursday to impose sanctions on a former employee who the company claims destroyed evidence of trade secret theft which allegedly led to Qualcomm Inc. buying NuVia for $1.4 billion in January 2021.

The former employee called Apple’s motion a “final act of desperation” and claims that the company has no evidence in the “hundreds of thousands of pages of document production” that he misappropriated...

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