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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.
