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08/27/2025

-1.1 years

Semiconductors09/23/2026@LawDesk

Taiwan Indicts Three Engineers Over the Theft of TSMC's 2nm Secrets

Intellectual Property Branch, Taiwan High Prosecutors Office, 164 Bo'ai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei 100006, Taiwan

Starts 08/27/2025CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCEThe Intellectual Property Branch's own release, posted 114-08-27 (27 August 2025), says the case against the three detained defendants 'was concluded today (27th)' ('於今（27）日偵查終結') and an indictment filed; no time is given, so it is an all-day date.^[1]

Prosecutors charged former TSMC engineer Chen Li-ming, by then at Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit, and two serving TSMC engineers with stealing 2nm trade secrets, seeking 14, 9 and 7 years in Taiwan's first indictment for theft of a national core key technology.

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04/27/2026

-149 days

三月十一 National Prime Rib Day

Semiconductors09/23/2026@LawDesk

Court Sentences Ex-TSMC Engineer to 10 Years in the 2nm Trade Secret Case

Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, 7 Xianmin Boulevard Section 2, Banqiao District, New Taipei 220, Taiwan

Starts 04/27/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCEFocus Taiwan^[1] (CNA^[3][4][5]), 27 April 2026: 'A former TSMC engineer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison ... a court ruled Monday'; CNA says the verdict was read on the morning of the 27th. No time is given, so it is an all-day date.

Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court jailed Chen Li-ming for 10 years, three TSMC engineers for 2 to 6 years, and fined Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit NT$150 million - the first verdict under the National Security Act's core-technology clause.

NT$150M

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07/30/2026

-55 days

六月十七 National Cheesecake Day

Semiconductors09/23/2026@LawDesk

Supreme Court Makes the TSMC 2nm Leak Sentences Final

Supreme Court, 6 Changsha Street Section 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei 10048, Taiwan

Starts 07/30/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCEFocus Taiwan^[1] (CNA^[4]), 30 July 2026: 'The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals by two former ... TSMC employees ... making their sentences final'; PTS^[2] quotes the court's deputy spokesman on the ruling of the 30th. No time is given, so it is an all-day date.

Taiwan's Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Chen Li-ming and Chen Wei-chieh, making their 10- and 6-year sentences for leaking TSMC's 2nm and 14nm secrets final; both go straight to prison.

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Pins matching tag:"National Security Act"

Taiwan Indicts Three Engineers Over the Theft of TSMC's 2nm Secrets

Court Sentences Ex-TSMC Engineer to 10 Years in the 2nm Trade Secret Case

Supreme Court Makes the TSMC 2nm Leak Sentences Final