Volume VI

Issue : 13: June 26, 2008

• EU Sets Sight on Cross-Border E-Commerce
• Alberta Court Decision Raises Potential for New Defence of “Literary Licence”
• FTC Halts Deceptive Domain Name Practices of Canadian Company
• Judge Wants Panel to Investigate His Own Pornographic Postings
• Engineer Sentenced Under U.S. Anti Spy Law for Providing Military Software to China
• Ontario Court Grants Injunctive Relief for Internet Libel
• Copyright Reform Bill Could Result in $20,000 Fines for Canadians
• RIM Triumphs in .CA Complaint over Blackberry Domain Names

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Engineer Sentenced Under U.S. Anti Spy Law for Providing Military Software to China

A former Silicon Valley engineer has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for stealing military technology and trying to sell it to the Chinese Government. The conviction is the first under the provisions of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, which make it illegal to steal trade secrets to benefit a foreign government. The defendant pleaded guilty to allegations that he installed software owned by his former employer, used to simulate real-world motion for military training purposes, onto the Chinese Navy Research Center site using stolen technology that is said to be the “crown jewel” of his former employer. Defendant’s counsel argued for a more lenient sentence on the basis that his client is not spy of China, but simply a disgruntled employee.

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