Micron lawsuit claims Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech
Micron files a lawsuit against Yangtze Memory, claims that some of the patents which YMTC uses against Micron in various courts were granted to former YMTC engineers who took crucial know-how from Micron and took it to YMTC.
Micron has filed a lawsuit against Chinese memory manufacturer YMTC, alleging that the company poached its engineers and illegally obtained Micron's NAND memory know-how. The Boise, Idaho-based company claims that YMTC used this information to develop its own non-volatile memory and patent portfolio. Micron asserts that YMTC employed former Micron engineers to systematically obtain confidential 3D NAND and memory technology, which was then incorporated into YMTC's manufacturing processes and patent portfolio.
The lawsuit specifically names several former Micron engineers who became inventors on YMTC patents, alleging that these patents cover inventions conceived while the engineers were still employed at Micron.
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