Apple has accused a company of stealing its trade secrets. In a complaint filed Friday, the technology giant claims that a “stealth-mode” startup based out of Mountain View, California, led a recent “coordinated campaign” to poach employees from Apple’s chip design department.
According to , the first publication to report on the lawsuit, Apple claims that at least two former employees took gigabytes of confidential data with them to Rivos. Among the information that the individuals allegedly stole are presentations describing unpublished chip designs, reports .
“Apple has reason to believe that Rivos instructed at least some Apple employees in downloading and installing apps for encrypted communications (such as the Signal app) before communicating further with them,” the company said in the complaint. We have contacted Apple to get a comment.
Should the case go ahead, it will likely attract a significant amount of attention, just as Waymo’s for stealing confidential information about its self-driving technology did in 2017. After that case, Uber ended up settling for $ 245 million, and with a The court sentenced Anthony Levandowski, the engineer at the center of the dispute, to former President Donald Trump.
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial staff, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we can earn an affiliate commission.