On January 16th, a grand jury in the US District Court in Seattle, Washington indicted Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei for theft of trade secrets and attempting to corruptly obstruct a civil lawsuit. The indictment contains an extraordinary amount of detail on Huawei’s industrial espionage practices and its theft of intellectual property from US wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. This shocking 28-page document amounts to a how-to guide for those seeking to steal intellectual property from their best customers.
