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25 Aug 2026, 10:43 PM	The Register	2.0	US convicts ex-Philips engineer for exposing X-ray secrets to competitor A 71-year-old ex-Philips engineer, Chih-Yee Jen, was convicted in the US for stealing medical X-ray tube trade secrets and passing them to a Chinese competitor, Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology. Jen accessed company databases before leaving Philips' Aurora, IL facility in December 2017 and joined the competitor's Aurora-based subsidiary in January 2018, using stolen data including manufacturing processes, component specs, and code. Why: This is an industrial espionage conviction involving hardware trade secrets, not software or AI tooling. The only actionable detail for builders is the reminder that Philips-style IP agreements prohibiting post-employment use of confidential information are enforceable and can result in criminal prosecution—but most readers won't need this case to know that. ip-law trade-secrets legal

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25 Aug 2026, 10:43 PM

The Register

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US convicts ex-Philips engineer for exposing X-ray secrets to competitor

A 71-year-old ex-Philips engineer, Chih-Yee Jen, was convicted in the US for stealing medical X-ray tube trade secrets and passing them to a Chinese competitor, Kunshan GuoLi Electronic Technology. Jen accessed company databases before leaving Philips' Aurora, IL facility in December 2017 and joined the competitor's Aurora-based subsidiary in January 2018, using stolen data including manufacturing processes, component specs, and code.

Why: This is an industrial espionage conviction involving hardware trade secrets, not software or AI tooling. The only actionable detail for builders is the reminder that Philips-style IP agreements prohibiting post-employment use of confidential information are enforceable and can result in criminal prosecution—but most readers won't need this case to know that.