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He lied during his exit interview and stole IP. That is betrayal not matter what company you work for or what country you live in.
Had he been honest during the exit interview and said something like "I want to finish my career how it started, with Intel" he would have been fine. Now his reputation, everything he has done, will have a stain on it no matter what the jury says years from now.
I would give Lo some benefit of the doubt; he probably did not plan to join Intel when he exited, but rather, Intel convinced him to join after he exited. It is not clear to me that Intel had even tried to poach him while he was still at TSMC.
It doesn't matter who made the copies if he took them out of the building. Whether he does his own photocopying is beside the point. I note you've implictly agreed that there were copies and boxes here (I really have no idea). This is really basic IP protection stuff that anyone involved in the semi business should understand. Like Dan, I wouldn't knowingly hire anyone who didn't. Most of us have seen enough incidents and near misses to know better.
there is no excuse to take any document, let alone 20 boxes. the definition of IP here has a very low bar., throw in trade secrete, one can be 100% sure the content in the 20 boxes are problematic
I would give Lo some benefit of the doubt; he probably did not plan to join Intel when he exited, but rather, Intel convinced him to join after he exited. It is not clear to me that Intel had even tried to poach him while he was still at TSMC.
Any thoughts on why Intel did not make an announcement about hiring Lo? To me this is a smoking gun. Intel normally announces SVP hires, hires that report directly to Lip-Bu Tan, absolutely.
there is no excuse to take any document, let alone 20 boxes. the definition of IP here has a very low bar., throw in trade secrete, one can be 100% sure the content in the 20 boxes are problematic
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
How could this happen without raising suspicions? So actually, the mention of the boxes kind of surprised me. If true, some staff at TSMC would also be in trouble for it. I am surprised that the boxes were not or would not be inspected. The procedures must be changed now for sure. But if there were no boxes, it still boils down to enforcing the NDA. As for non-compete agreement, my understanding is he's likely going to be in Oregon(?), so they have some conditions there.
Are you serious? I am a software designer and I have all the code that I developed in my life regardless of who I was working for. Are you going to tell me I can't take it with me? You sound like you know what was in those boxes. You do not. In general, one can never be 100% sure about anything.
The sandwich making expertise is my own talent and I can make it anywhere despite the sandwich belonging to employers I can make a similar sandwich at other restraunts.
That doesn't stop me from developing similar code at another company.
The sandwich making expertise is my own talent and I can make it anywhere despite the sandwich belonging to employers I can make a similar sandwich at other restraunts.
TSMC is not a defense company. And there is nothing unethical or illegal in it. I am not passing my own code to any company. I need it to maintain my own skills: the code contains the software development knowledge and techniques I acquired over the decades of work. Admittedly, this might be different for the upper management types.
