Top VIA execs indicted for industrial espionage

zerodamage · Dec 8, 2003, 03:38 PM

"The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has accused the chairman and the CEO of Via Technologies, a leading vendor of PC chipsets and other semiconductors, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, a company executive confirmed on Monday.

The prosecutors office has prepared an indictment that accuses Via President and CEO Wenchi Chen and his wife, Via Chairman Cher Wang, as well as Via engineer Jeffrey Chang, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, said Richard Brown, the company's associate vice president of marketing.

As far as Via has been able to ascertain, the charges levelled against Chen, Wang and Chang in the indictment allege that the three conspired and stole technology from one of Via's customers, networking equipment vendor D-Link, Brown said. The prosecutor has asked for a four-year jail term for Wang and Chen and a three-year sentence for Chang, he said."

Source: NWfusion via Anandtech news

BWX · Dec 8, 2003, 03:51 PM

Holy crap! That can't be good.

~~Crash Override~~ · Dec 8, 2003, 10:42 PM

Who in the hell would want to steal technology from D-Link?

Im ashamed to say that I own one of their routers and they are no good pieces of cheap garbage.

~~Optimummind~~ · Dec 8, 2003, 10:44 PM

Actually, D-Link is a very good company. In reviews from many different publications, they have been getting higher scores from competitors like Linksys.

BWX · Dec 9, 2003, 12:29 AM

yeah, D-links are a well known good name.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 9, 2003, 12:41 AM

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Originally posted by BWX232
yeah, D-links are a well known good name.

i haveone of thier cable modeams and nics thier good

ExitiosuS · Dec 9, 2003, 01:14 AM

I use one of their NICs, it didn't turn out to be too good. It died within 3months, since then I've been using a no-name one and it has been going pretty good for quite some time.

lol... go welfare brands!

@/2ct!< · Dec 9, 2003, 05:07 AM

What will this do to the rest of their manufacturing arm, ie mobo chipsets....

Dyre Straits · Dec 9, 2003, 02:24 PM

I have a D-Link 704-p that I've been using for 3 years now. Works great!

I also used a D-Link NIC for over 3 years in my 98SE machine.

Dec 8, 2003, 03:38 PM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Top VIA execs indicted for industrial espionage "The Taipei District Public Prosecutors Office has accused the chairman and the CEO of Via Technologies, a leading vendor of PC chipsets and other semiconductors, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, a company executive confirmed on Monday. The prosecutors office has prepared an indictment that accuses Via President and CEO Wenchi Chen and his wife, Via Chairman Cher Wang, as well as Via engineer Jeffrey Chang, of copyright infringement and industrial espionage, said Richard Brown, the company's associate vice president of marketing. As far as Via has been able to ascertain, the charges levelled against Chen, Wang and Chang in the indictment allege that the three conspired and stole technology from one of Via's customers, networking equipment vendor D-Link, Brown said. The prosecutor has asked for a four-year jail term for Wang and Chen and a three-year sentence for Chang, he said." Source: NWfusion via Anandtech news

Dec 8, 2003, 03:51 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Holy crap! That can't be good. __________________

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BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	yeah, D-links are a well known good name. __________________

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@/2ct!< HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Not Vegas, anymore :( Posts: 1,391 Rep Power: 0	What will this do to the rest of their manufacturing arm, ie mobo chipsets.... __________________

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~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	Who in the hell would want to steal technology from D-Link? Im ashamed to say that I own one of their routers and they are no good pieces of cheap garbage.

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~~Optimummind~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Orange, California Posts: 632 Rep Power: 0	Actually, D-Link is a very good company. In reviews from many different publications, they have been getting higher scores from competitors like Linksys.

Dec 9, 2003, 01:14 AM	#7
ExitiosuS Simian Masterpiece! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, Ont. Canada Posts: 358 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I use one of their NICs, it didn't turn out to be too good. It died within 3months, since then I've been using a no-name one and it has been going pretty good for quite some time. lol... go welfare brands!