NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.

NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code::NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    LOOL sit: https://archive.is/k7GJM

    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

        • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          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

          • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
            4·
            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.

            • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
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              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.