Tokyo Electron says dismissed a Taiwan unit employee involved in intellectual property case — TradingView News

Tokyo Electron Ltd 8035 said on Thursday it has confirmed that a former employee of its Taiwan subsidiary was involved in a case cited by the Intellectual Property Branch of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on Tuesday.

The Japanese chipmaking machine company said in a statement it has dismissed the employee involved and is fully cooperating with authorities in the investigation.

Tokyo Electron added that its internal investigation has not found evidence of confidential information being shared with third parties and declined to comment further, saying “the case is now under judicial review”.