TAIPEI -- Taiwan's second-largest contract chipmaker United Microelectronics Corp. has agreed to pay a $60 million fine to settle an industrial espionage lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice, bringing to an end a two-year legal dispute that also involved American memory chip giant Micron Technology and a Beijing-backed Chinese chip manufacturer.
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Taiwan's UMC to pay $60m fine to settle US trade secrets case
Chipmaker also agrees to cooperate in probe of former Chinese chip partner
UMC will pay a $60 million fine over charges that it stole trade secrets from Micron of the U.S. (Source photos by Reuters)
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