By: David Lammers

TSMC vs. SMIC trade secrets trial going on now in an Oakland, Calif., courtroom featured several hours of testimony from SMIC corporate secretary Anne Chen, who testified that TSMC attorneys and executives failed to negotiate in good faith during a series of meetings in July and August 2006. TSMC is claiming that SMIC used TSMC's 130 nm technology, following a 2005 agreement in which SMIC paid $175M to TSMC.

TSMC's lawsuit includes a "trial technology list," referred to as a TTL throughout the trial. That list includes some 65 trade secrets selected by the TSMC legal team from among hundreds which TSMC claims SMIC has misappropriated.

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