The race to bring viable foldable display technology to market has apparently become so intense that some of the players are resorting to corporate espionage.
Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted nine people suspected of leaking details related to Samsung’s flexible display technology. According to Reuters, the leaks included a sale of documents to China with the relevant information for the equivalent of $13.85 million. China, of course, being the home country of Huawei, which like South Korea-based Samsung is racing to bring a device with a foldable display to market soon.
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Corporate espionage leads to leak of Samsung’s flexible display tech secrets to China originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 23:07:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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