{"id":8253,"date":"2025-09-01T21:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/?p=8253"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T15:39:38","slug":"trade-secret-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/trade-secret-3\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC 2nm leak case! Three National Tsing Hua University engineers plead guilty and request bail. Lawyer Li Yusheng explains the criminal liability for stealing trade secrets, the National Security Law, and economic espionage."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TSMC 2nm leak case! Three National Tsing Hua University engineers plead guilty and request bail. @newsebc\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gd7RC8ufWkE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<style id=\"fdlaw-blog-polish-style-trade-secret-3-20260706\">\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content{--fdlaw-ink:#27313b;--fdlaw-muted:#5f6d7a;--fdlaw-blue:#1f5f8b;--fdlaw-line:#d9e5ee;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content p{line-height:1.9;color:var(--fdlaw-ink);font-size:17px;margin-bottom:1.15em;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content h2.wp-block-heading{margin-top:2.15em;margin-bottom:.75em;padding:0 0 .45em .75em;border-left:5px solid #1f5f8b;border-bottom:1px solid #d9e5ee;color:#17384f;font-size:1.55em;line-height:1.35;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content h3.wp-block-heading{margin-top:1.6em;margin-bottom:.65em;color:#24485f;font-size:1.18em;line-height:1.45;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content a{color:#1f5f8b;text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-underline-offset:3px;font-weight:600;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card,body.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block{margin:1.6em 0 2.1em;padding:1.35em 1.45em;border:1px solid #d9e5ee;border-left:5px solid #1f5f8b;border-radius:8px;background:#f7fbff;box-shadow:0 8px 22px rgba(30,78,112,.08);}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card h2,body.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block h2{margin:0 0 .75em;padding:0;border:0;color:#17384f;font-size:1.32em;line-height:1.35;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card ul{margin:.2em 0 0 1.2em;padding:0;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card li{margin:.55em 0;line-height:1.75;color:#31404c;font-size:16.5px;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card strong,body.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block strong{color:#163f5d;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block h3{margin:1em 0 .35em;color:#24485f;font-size:1.08em;line-height:1.45;}\nbody.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block p{background:#fff;border:1px solid #e3ebf2;border-radius:6px;padding:1em 1.1em;margin:.35em 0 1em;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content h3.wp-block-heading + p{background:#fbfdff;border:1px solid #e3ebf2;border-radius:6px;padding:1em 1.1em;}\nbody.postid-8253 .entry-content p:has(a[href*=\"line.me\"]),body.postid-8253 .entry-content p:has(a[href^=\"tel:\"]){background:#fff8ec;border:1px solid #f0d8ae;border-radius:8px;padding:1em 1.15em;font-weight:600;}\n@media (max-width:768px){body.postid-8253 .entry-content p{font-size:16px;}body.postid-8253 .entry-content h2.wp-block-heading{font-size:1.35em;}body.postid-8253 .fdlaw-summary-card,body.postid-8253 .fdlaw-faq-block{padding:1.15em 1.05em;}}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>TSMC 2nm leak case! Three National Tsing Hua University engineers exposed, all pleaded guilty and requested bail. ETTV News reporter Zhao Yixiong<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">News link:<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gd7RC8ufWkE?si=mIQVKSWSO8Ny7nX4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gd7RC8ufWkE?si=mIQVKSWSO8Ny7nX4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Talent in Taiwan&#039;s science and technology industry is the lifeblood of the national economy. Subject to restrictions under the National Security Law, if an engineer wants to switch jobs to the other side of the strait, he cannot steal business secrets in Taiwan. This can result in a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison. However, the Investigation Bureau conducted a sweep across Taiwan against privately-owned Chinese companies and found that 16 Chinese companies were involved, including leading Chinese optoelectronics and semiconductor groups. They have established offices in Hsinchu, Neihu Science Park, etc., which has endangered national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Li Yusheng, an attorney at Fidelity Law Offices, said that the defendants and others are suspected of leaking TSMC&#039;s core national key technology trade secrets and have been indicted by the prosecutor&#039;s office and have requested specific sentencing. Obviously, the prosecutor should have obtained specific evidence such as electromagnetic records. If the relevant evidence is clear, the probability of the defendants and others being sentenced should be very high. In future civil damages lawsuits, TSMC may need to provide more supporting evidence to prove the amount of damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fuda Law Firm<br>Line\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/line.me\/ti\/p\/@fdlaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/line.me\/ti\/p\/@fdlaw<\/a><br>Tel:<a href=\"tel:0277093611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">0277093611<\/a><br>Facebook:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fudalawyer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fudalawyer<\/a><br>website:<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/<\/a><br>e-mail:<a href=\"mailto:info@fdlaw.com.tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@fdlaw.com.tw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group fdlaw-faq-block is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the potential criminal penalties for stealing trade secrets?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may involve criminal liability under the trade secret law. If it is related to national core technologies, foreign forces, or economic espionage, it may involve even more serious legal liabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is it a crime for an engineer or employee to take data with them when they leave a company?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the information taken away is confidential information of economic value that the company has reasonable confidentiality measures in place, and is used or leaked illegally, it may constitute civil or criminal liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can companies prevent the leakage of technical secrets?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hierarchical access control, download records, confidentiality agreements, non-compete agreements, handover procedures upon departure, cybersecurity audits, and regular training should be established.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"fdlaw-generated-faq-schema-trade-secret-3-20260706\" type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"\u7aca\u53d6\u71df\u696d\u79d8\u5bc6\u53ef\u80fd\u6709\u54ea\u4e9b\u5211\u8cac\uff1f\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"\u53ef\u80fd\u6d89\u53ca\u71df\u696d\u79d8\u5bc6\u6cd5\u5211\u8cac\uff0c\u82e5\u8207\u570b\u5bb6\u6838\u5fc3\u95dc\u9375\u6280\u8853\u3001\u5883\u5916\u52e2\u529b\u6216\u7d93\u6fdf\u9593\u8adc\u6709\u95dc\uff0c\u9084\u53ef\u80fd\u6d89\u53ca\u66f4\u56b4\u91cd\u7684\u6cd5\u5f8b\u8cac\u4efb\u3002\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"\u5de5\u7a0b\u5e2b\u6216\u54e1\u5de5\u96e2\u8077\u5e36\u8d70\u8cc7\u6599\u6703\u69cb\u6210\u72af\u7f6a\u55ce\uff1f\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"\u82e5\u5e36\u8d70\u7684\u662f\u516c\u53f8\u6709\u5408\u7406\u4fdd\u5bc6\u63aa\u65bd\u4e14\u5177\u7d93\u6fdf\u50f9\u503c\u7684\u6a5f\u5bc6\u8cc7\u6599\uff0c\u4e26\u6709\u4e0d\u6cd5\u4f7f\u7528\u6216\u6d29\u6f0f\uff0c\u53ef\u80fd\u69cb\u6210\u6c11\u5211\u4e8b\u8cac\u4efb\u3002\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"\u4f01\u696d\u5982\u4f55\u9810\u9632\u6280\u8853\u6a5f\u5bc6\u5916\u6d41\uff1f\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"\u61c9\u5efa\u7acb\u5206\u7d1a\u6b0a\u9650\u3001\u4e0b\u8f09\u7d00\u9304\u3001\u4fdd\u5bc6\u5354\u8b70\u3001\u7af6\u696d\u7981\u6b62\u3001\u96e2\u8077\u4ea4\u63a5\u3001\u8cc7\u5b89\u7a3d\u6838\u8207\u5b9a\u671f\u6559\u80b2\u8a13\u7df4\u3002\"}}]}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSMC 2nm leak case! Three National Tsing Hua University engineers exposed, all plead guilty and request bail. Eastern News reporter Zhao Yixi. News link: https:\/\/youtu.be\/vqqqQj<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119,77],"tags":[487,486,488],"class_list":["post-8253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-taipei-criminal-lawyer","tag-487","tag-486","tag-488"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921.jpg",1582,884,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"portraits":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-768x429.jpg",768,429,true],"large":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-1024x572.jpg",1024,572,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-1536x858.jpg",1536,858,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921.jpg",1582,884,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-18x10.jpg",18,10,true],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-1200x750.jpg",1200,750,true],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-540x320.jpg",540,320,true],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/messageImage_1756731792921-140x100.jpg",140,100,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"\u53f0\u5317\u5f8b\u5e2b\u63a8\u85a6","author_link":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"qubely_comment":4,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\u5a92\u9ad4\u5831\u5c0e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/blog\/category\/taipei-criminal-lawyer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\u5211\u6cd5\u53ca\u5211\u4e8b\u8a34\u8a1f<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"\u53f0\u7a4d\u96fb2\u5948\u7c73\u6d29\u5bc6\u6848\uff013\u6e05\u5927\u5de5\u7a0b\u5e2b\u66dd\u5149 \u5168\u8a8d\u7f6a\u6c42\u4ea4\u4fdd \u6771\u68ee\u65b0\u805e \u8a18\u8005 \u8d99\u7fca\u7d5c \u65b0\u805e\u9023\u7d50\uff1ahttps:\/\/yout&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9929,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions\/9929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdlaw.com.tw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}