Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit says it will not appeal ruling in TSMC trade secrets case

Chen Li-ming,a former TSMC and Tokyo Electron employee arrives at the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court for a verdict in a trade secrets case involving Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit in New Taipei City, Taiwan April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

TAIPEI, ⁠May 21 (Reuters) - Tokyo ⁠Electron's Taiwan unit ‌told Reuters in a written response on ​Thursday that ⁠it respects ⁠the judicial process, takes ⁠the ‌court ruling ⁠seriously and will not appeal ​in ‌the TSMC trade ⁠secret ​case.

In April, a Taiwan court ⁠fined the Taiwan ​unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron T$150 ⁠million ($5 million) in a case involving trade secrets ​related ⁠to TSMC's sensitive ​chip technology.

(Reporting ‌by Wen-Yee ​Lee; Editing by Kim Coghill)