# A Taiwan court fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron 150 million New Taiwan dollars ($5 million) The ruling follows one of Taiwan's highest profile cases of alleged breaches of national core technologies.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-27 · Nikkei Asia*

## Key points

- A Taiwan court fined Tokyo Electron's local unit $5 million for trade secret theft.
- Five people received prison sentences up to 10 years for stealing TSMC's chip technology.
- Defendants aimed to help Tokyo Electron secure more equipment orders from TSMC using stolen secrets.
- The case was prosecuted under Taiwan's National Security Act for breaches of national core technologies.

**Companies:** Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Tokyo Electron
**Countries:** Taiwan, Japan

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