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> lax enforcement of trade secret laws Then how did Anthony Levandowski end up in prison?

by Dracophoenix 4y ago

nostrademons 4y ago
He didn't. He was sentenced to 18 months but never actually served; he was pardoned by Trump before then, and is currently serving as CEO of Pronto, a new autonomous vehicle startup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski
- Dracophoenix 4y ago
  Then I'll rephrase my statement: how did he end up convicted in a state with supposedly lax enforcement of trade secret laws?
  - nostrademons 4y ago
    You'll note that Alsup's comment at sentencing was "this is the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen. This was not small. This was massive in scale." He downloaded 10G of confidential files from his employer onto a thumb drive and then founded a startup that was immediately acquired by one of his employer's biggest competitors, with evidence that the startup was only founded as a front for the theft of trade secrets. Those who are less brazen not only don't end up in court, but they often end up with $100B+ companies. You don't see any prison time for the Traitorous Eight who left Shockley to found Fairchild, Moore & Noyce who left Fairchild to found Intel, Jerry Sanders who left Fairchild to start AMD, Morris Chang leaving Texas Instruments to found TSMC, Marc Andreesen leaving Mosaic to start Netscape, or Steve Jobs's visit to Xerox Parc to see the Alto and bring all its innovations to the Lisa & Macintosh.
    - sokoloff 4y ago
      If Xerox is demoing the Alto to thousands of people every year, it’s obvious that they’re not treating it as a trade secret.
  - danans 4y ago
    > how did he end up convicted in a state with supposedly lax enforcement of trade secret laws? Because he was convicted of a federal crime, not a state crime, which is also why Trump had the ability to pardon him.

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> lax enforcement of trade secret laws Then how did Anthony Levandowski end up in prison?

by Dracophoenix 4y ago

> lax enforcement of trade secret laws Then how did Anthony Levandowski end up in prison?

nostrademons 4y ago
He didn't. He was sentenced to 18 months but never actually served; he was pardoned by Trump before then, and is currently serving as CEO of Pronto, a new autonomous vehicle startup. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Levandowski
- Dracophoenix 4y ago
  Then I'll rephrase my statement: how did he end up convicted in a state with supposedly lax enforcement of trade secret laws?
  - nostrademons 4y ago
    You'll note that Alsup's comment at sentencing was "this is the biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen. This was not small. This was massive in scale." He downloaded 10G of confidential files from his employer onto a thumb drive and then founded a startup that was immediately acquired by one of his employer's biggest competitors, with evidence that the startup was only founded as a front for the theft of trade secrets. Those who are less brazen not only don't end up in court, but they often end up with $100B+ companies. You don't see any prison time for the Traitorous Eight who left Shockley to found Fairchild, Moore & Noyce who left Fairchild to found Intel, Jerry Sanders who left Fairchild to start AMD, Morris Chang leaving Texas Instruments to found TSMC, Marc Andreesen leaving Mosaic to start Netscape, or Steve Jobs's visit to Xerox Parc to see the Alto and bring all its innovations to the Lisa & Macintosh.
    - sokoloff 4y ago
      If Xerox is demoing the Alto to thousands of people every year, it’s obvious that they’re not treating it as a trade secret.
  - danans 4y ago
    > how did he end up convicted in a state with supposedly lax enforcement of trade secret laws? Because he was convicted of a federal crime, not a state crime, which is also why Trump had the ability to pardon him.