Suspect in TSMC trade secret theft detained incommunicadoStaff Writer, with CNAThe Intellectual Property and Commercial Court on Thursday ruled that a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. employee be detained incommunicado for stealing the company’s 14-nanometer (nm) trade secrets. The suspect, Chen Wei-chieh (陳韋傑), was indicted on Monday on charges of reproducing trade secrets relating to national core key technologies without authorization under the National Security Act. The case came to light while the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office’s Intellectual Property Branch was investigating the alleged theft of TSMC trade secrets related to its 2nm technology. When confronted with the evidence, Chen Li-ming identified Chen Wei-chieh as being involved in the case, prosecutors said. Chen Li-ming and two other suspects in the 2nm technology theft case have also been detained.

Source: Taipei Times January 08, 2026 16:05 UTC