USA v. Liew et al

  1. March 05, 2014

    Ex-DuPont Engineer Convicted Of Trade Secret Conspiracy

    A California federal jury on Wednesday found a California businessman and a former DuPont Co. engineer guilty of conspiring to steal DuPont's proprietary method of manufacturing titanium dioxide and selling the information to Chinese government-owned companies for $28 million.

  2. February 24, 2014

    China Lured Exec, DuPont Worker To Lift Secrets, Jury Told

    Chinese government officials asked a California businessman to steal DuPont Co.'s proprietary method of producing titanium dioxide, prompting him to conspire with an ex-DuPont engineer to sell those secrets to Chinese companies, prosecutors told a California federal jury during closing arguments Monday.

  3. February 07, 2014

    Liew Wants Charges Over Stolen DuPont Trade Secrets Cut

    USA Performance Technology Inc. founder Walter Liew pressed a California federal judge on Thursday to acquit him on more than half the charges he's facing, in a case where he and others are accused of stealing DuPont Co. trade secrets and selling them to the Chinese government.

  4. February 03, 2014

    Emails Barred As Evidence In DuPont Trade Secrets Case

    Two men charged with stealing trade secrets from DuPont Co. and selling them to government-owned chemical companies in China can't use an ex-colleague's emails as evidence of their innocence because those emails are protected by attorney-client privilege, a California judge ruled Friday.

  5. January 28, 2014

    DuPont Never Made Chemical Secrets Public, Expert Says

    DuPont Corp.'s fiercely guarded secrets to making high-quality titanium dioxide made it the envy of the industry, an expert witness for federal prosecutors testified Tuesday in California in the trial of two men accused of stealing those secrets, shooting holes in their claim that DuPont's process had been public for decades.

  6. January 27, 2014

    Ex-DuPont Engineer Had Secret Company Files, Jury Told

    A former DuPont Co. engineer accused of stealing company trade secrets told investigators he wasn't involved in designing DuPont's titanium dioxide plant in Taiwan, yet schematics referencing the plant and confidential DuPont files were found in his home, a federal investigator testified in the engineer's criminal trial Monday.

  7. January 08, 2014

    Ex-DuPont Engineer, Businessman Stole Secrets, Jury Hears

    An ex-DuPont Co. engineer and two conspirators stole DuPont trade secrets describing how to build factories that produce titanium dioxide, and sold the designs to Chinese government-owned companies, reaping $28 million, prosecutors told a California federal jury Wednesday during opening statements in the criminal trial.

  8. June 27, 2013

    FBI Search In DuPont Secrets Case Called Unconstitutional

    The owners of USA Performance Technology Inc., who are accused of stealing trade secrets from DuPont Co., asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to throw out evidence obtained in a search of their home, claiming investigators trampled on their Fourth Amendment rights.

  9. June 19, 2013

    Govt. Must Unveil Expert Info In DuPont Trade Secrets Case

    Federal prosecutors handling the impending trial of USA Performance Technology Inc. owner Walter Liew on charges that he shared DuPont Co. trade secrets with Chinese companies must hand over experts' reports to the defense by July 22, a California federal judge ordered Wednesday.

  10. June 12, 2013

    Trade Secrets Charges Survive Dismissal Bid In DuPont Case

    A California federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss charges that USA Performance Technology Inc. and others tried to steal trade secrets from DuPont Co. and share them with Chinese companies, finding that the charges weren't "unconstitutionally vague."