Re:Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade sec...
by zachguo on Saturday December 22, 2018 @03:50AM
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In the past year, there were several charges from DOJ against Chinese companies, employees and scientists related to IP theft. Those charges made a lot of noises, but what are the case outcomes?
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Re:Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade sec...
by ardy42 on Sunday December 23, 2018 @10:47AM
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> In the past year, there were several charges from DOJ against Chinese companies, employees and scientists related to IP theft. Those charges made a lot of noises, but what are the case outcomes?
The wheels of justice move slowly. In the US, felony cases can take more than a year to resolve:
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-criminal-cases-t...:
> The amount of time that passes between an arrest and the filing of charges on the one hand, and trial or entry of a guilty or “no contest” plea on the other, varies widely from case to case.... Felony trials can linger without resolution for over a year—and that’s without accounting for any delay between arrest and the filing of charges.