Micron sues YMTC, alleging poached engineers and stolen NAND tech

Micron has filed a lawsuit against China's YMTC, accusing it of poaching its leading engineers, illegally obtaining its 3D NAND know-how, and using that information to build its own memory products and patent portfolio. Micron also alleges YMTC uses patents granted to its former employees to accuse Micron of patent infringement.

• Micron claims YMTC poached its engineers and obtained 3D NAND know-how
• YMTC allegedly uses former Micron engineers' patents against Micron
• The lawsuit names engineers who became inventors on YMTC patents
• Micron asks courts to transfer the disputed YMTC patents to it