Apple and Rivos Case Concluded

Like every large company, Apple has a conversation with its employees when it hires new employees.confidentiality agreement‘ he signs. It was claimed that some employees who left the company acted contrary to the confidentiality agreement they signed. Apple also filed a lawsuit against former employees who it said revealed trade secrets.

Santa Clara-based chip company Rivos In this context, accusing him of stealing trade secrets AppleHe faced a countersuit in September 2023. The two eventually reached a compromise. The results are expected to be resolved by March 15, 2023.

The cases started in 2022.

Rivos hires dozens of Apple employees Apple He was accused of developing a chip technology based on his information. In the lawsuit filed against the company, Apple stated that it developed its own chip with more than 10 years of research and billions of dollars of investments, and that before that, only employees with chip knowledge could use it. Rivos He claimed that he was preferred by

Ironically, former Apple employees USB sticks and AirDrop They transferred the information in question to their personal devices via .

As a result of the lawsuit, Apple took a look at Rivos systems and right to get back personal information Will have. So we can call this the forensic examination of Rivos systems. The situation of the engineers is not yet clear. Because these people may have shared the information themselves or they may have been directed by Rivos.

As a result of this settlement, the case is expected to be resolved by March 15. What are your thoughts on this subject?