Two people have been jailed in China over the leaking of iPad 2 design secrets from a Foxconn factory. Another was given a suspended sentence.
AFP quotes a state newspaper report saying that the leak resulted in fake iPad 2 devices being sold in China before Apple even launched its product.
You can follow IJSMblog on Twitter and FacebookA court in Shenzhen city last week sentenced Xiao Chengsong, the legal agent of Maita Electronics, to 18 months in prison and fined him 150,000 yuan ($23,000) for buying the design from two Foxconn workers, the report said.Xiao allegedly paid 200,000 yuan for the iPad2 design, it said.Foxconn employee Lin Kecheng, was sentenced to 14 months and fined 100,000 yuan, while another worker identified as Hou Pengna was given a two-year sentence suspended for one year and fined 30,000 yuan, it said.All three were convicted of the crime of violating commercial secrets, it said.
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