Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Taiwan-based contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) was ordered to pay NT$20 million (US$718,947) by the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (IPCC) Thursday after appealing a trade secret theft case brought by United States-based memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc.
Taiwan-based contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電) yesterday was ordered to pay NT$20 million (US$719,269) by the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (IPCC) after appealing a trade secret theft case brought by US-based memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc.
The fine is subject to a two year probationary period. If the company does not contravene the law in that period, the fine is forgiven.
The ruling can be appealed.
The fine was handed down at a second trial held by the IPCC after the Taichung District Court in June 2020 fined UMC NT$100 million because it found the company and