I don’t claim any expertise outside of once upon a time taking an engineering law course. But my discussion has mainly been about the larger umbrella of intelle

I don’t claim any expertise outside of once upon a time taking an engineering law course. But my discussion has mainly been about the larger umbrella of intellectual property. In this case, the US generally considers infringement of intellectual property with the intent to enrich oneself to be a criminal matter. It can be copyright, patents, trade secrets etc. I mentioned trade secrets because the example was stealing self driving car tech, which has had relatively recent examples of that very thing.