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Guilty Plea In Trade Secrets Case
Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware; William D. Chase, Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Office; and Darryl W. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, announced today the unsealing of a one-count Criminal Information charging GARY MIN, a.k.a. Yonggang Min, with stealing trade secrets from E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont"). MIN pleaded guilty to the charge on November 13, 2006. The offense carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution.
Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement, MIN admitted that he misappropriated DuPont's proprietary trade secrets without the company's consent and agreed to cooperate with the government.
According to facts recited by the government and acknowledged by MIN at MIN's guilty plea hearing, MIN began working for DuPont as a research chemist in November 1995. Throughout his tenure at DuPont, MIN's research focused generally on polyimides, a category of heat and chemical resistant polymers, and more specifically on high-performance films. Beginning in July 2005, MIN began discussions with Victrex PLC about possible employment opportunities in Asia. Victrex manufactures PEEK™, a polymer compound that is a functional competitor with two DuPont products, Vespel® and Kapton®. On October 18, 2005, MIN signed an employment agreement with Victrex, with his employment set to begin in January 2006. MIN did not tell DuPont that he had accepted a job with Victrex, however, until December 12, 2005. Read more at bis.doc.gov
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Can pertain to US CODE TITLE 17, CHAPTER 5 Sec. 501. - Infringement of copyright see the law, example: The legal or beneficial owner of an exclusive right under a copyright is entitled rights
Novelty and prior art
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A trade secret may be a device or process which is patentable; but it need not be that. It may be a device or process which is clearly anticipated in the prior art or one which is merely a mechanical improvement that a good mechanic can make. Novelty and invention are not requisite for a trade secret as they are for patentability. These requirements are essential to patentability because a patent protects against unlicensed use of the patented device or process even by one who discovers it properly through independent research.
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Under the U.S. Copyright Law, is either the person who actually creates a copyrightable work or, if the copyrightable work is created within the scope of employment, the employer of the person who actually creates the copyrightable work.
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