NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code

L4sBot · 1 year ago

NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

Valeo claims Moniruzzaman realized the expertise he had gained working on its projects made him “exceedingly valuable to Nvidia.” In 2021, according to the lawsuit, shortly before he left Valeo, Moniruzzaman spirited tens of thousands of files and six gigabytes of the company’s source code to his personal email account. He allegedly tried to hide his misconduct by subsequently deleting his personal account’s authorized access to the Valeo network.

Almost as dumb as the person who tried to steal Coca Cola’s inner can coating trade secrets

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

You not going to tell us about the Coca Cola guy now?

We could ask ChatGPT, but having more content here can’t hurt.

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

It was pretty recent, so you won’t find it in GPT. A chemist was going to be laid off, and in a last ditch effort she copied a bunch of formulas and applied for grants to develop them in China iirc. Here’s an article: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/coca-cola-chemist-gets-14-years-for-passing-can-secrets-to-china

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

Thanks. That article had a paywall I’ve linked an alternative for others if they find this.

Interesting read. I don’t know how I feel about a company patenting something which has massive health benefits for people like this though.

alternative source

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

Trade secrets aren’t patented because when you patent something, it’ll immediately become public knowledge (not secret anymore) in exchange for exclusive right (no one can use it without your permission) until the patent expires. Coca cola recipe and KFC’s secret spices are examples of trade secrets. If they’re patented, people would’ve been able to create exact copies by now.

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

The “secret spices” are salt, pepper, paprika, powdered garlic, powdered onion, and some other stuff. Cayenne in the spicy ones. It’s not a secret. People didn’t discover fried chicken yesterday.

@dylanTheDeveloper · edit-2 1 year ago

‘some other stuff’ where’s the rest of the 11 herbs

@[email protected] · 1 year ago

I guess there’s no onion powder, but the ingredients are pretty simple to taste.

https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-are-kfcs-11-herbs-and-spices/

Mkengine · edit-2 1 year ago

The most recent training cutoff point is April 2023, so ChatGPT should be able to give an answer to that.