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Apple sues two former employees for selling chip secrets to a competitor

  • May 4, 2022
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Apple came out yesterday with the news that it has added new employees and given bonuses to employees to speed up iPhone 14 production. However, some information that

Apple came out yesterday with the news that it has added new employees and given bonuses to employees to speed up iPhone 14 production. However, some information that has emerged today has revealed some issues between the company and its former employees.

Like any major company, Apple signs a “confidentiality agreement” with its employees when it hires new employees. Some employees who left the company allegedly violated the confidentiality agreement they signed. Apple has also sued its former employees, who it claims have exposed trade secrets.

Dozens of files allegedly sent to rival companies

Santa Clara-based tech company Rivos has been quietly developing for a while now. However, Apple Nearly 40 former engineers started working at Rivos. He claimed. It was said that all the secrets of Apple’s new generation chipsets like the M1 and A15 had been handed over to Rivos. Apple has sued Rivos and two of its former employees over the matter.

The content of the case was not only about chipsets. The same time Rivos launched a campaign targeting Apple employees to gain unfair advantage. between the details of the case.

There is no detailed information about the content of the campaign, but it is believed that former employees have been used to uncover Apple’s secrets. Bhasi Kaithama named in the lawsuit worked for Apple for 8 years and Rickey Wen for 12 years. Before Apple Left Employees Last Year copy and import dozens of files into Rivos claims.

about Apple monetary compensation and return of private information requirements. Rivos has not yet made an official statement about this. The outcome of the case is unknown, but if it is confirmed that the two former employees have violated their nondisclosure agreement, it is certain that they will suffer a lot of pain.

Source: Web Tekno

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