Local TPMS manufacturer wins Copyright Act violation case against former employees

　Taiwan-based TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) manufacturer, Orange Electronic Co., Ltd. (“Orange Electronic”) issued a public notice to the effect that their former employees who had successively resigned their jobs at Orange Electronic during September 2008 had infringed upon Orange Electronic’s IP rights by incorporating and running a company engaged in the same business and products with those of Orange Electronic, holding the electronic records owned by Orange Electronic, and plagiarizing the operation manual of Orange Electronic.  On October 31, 2014, Taiwan Taichung District Prosecutors Office prosecuted these employees in accordance with the 1^st paragraph of Article 251 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for disclosing commercial and industrial secrets, acquiring another’s electronic records without due cause, and violating the Taiwan Copyright Act.  On May 29, 2018, Taiwan Taichung District Court rendered a first-instance judgment in favor of Orange Electronic.  (May 2018) 

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