TAIPEI — Taiwan’s second-largest contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. has agreed to pay a $60 million fine to settle an industrial espionage lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice, bringing to an end a two-year legal dispute that also involved American memory chip giant Micron Technology and a Beijing-backed Chinese chip manufacturer.
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Taiwan’s UMC to Pay $60m Fine to Settle US Trade Secrets Case
10/29/2020
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