CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW NEWSLETTER February 2008 News Briefs Trade secret infringement lawsuits exceeded 100 last year, with about 90 percent of civil lawsuits related to job-hopping, statistics released by public security administrations show. Some of the most sensational headlines in the disputes have come in the two-year fight over Foxconn's allegation that BYD appropriated one of its trade secrets. Many are calling it the nation's biggest-ever hi-tech intellectual property dispute.