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Chinese I.P. theft of wind turbine software goes before Chinese Supreme Court
"There's a new legal development in the corporate espionage dispute between AMSC and the Chinese wind turbine supplier Sinovel.
China's Supreme People's Court said it will review two civil suits AMSC brought against Sinovel for stealing its proprietary software in 2011. (The employee who stole the software and sold it to Sinovel admitted guilt and was sentenced in Austria.)
One of the cases involves a cease-and-desist order, along with $6 million in damages. The other involves copyright and $200,000 in damages. These damages are small compared to the total $1.2 billion that AMSC is seeking through four lawsuits, an arbitration case and a trade secrets case."
http://theenergycollective.com/stephenlacey/229406/clean-energy-espionage-case-heads-china-s-supreme-court?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29
Will China act? A decision with big implications for not only the clean energy industry but Sino-American trade relations.
