A Texas jury ruled Wednesday that Chinese
technology giant Huawei stole trade secrets
from a Silicon Valley startup, but jurors declined
to levy damages, saying Huawei didn’t benefit
from the theft.
The jury in U.S. District Court in Sherman, Texas,
also rejected Huawei’s claims that Cnex Labs
Inc. co-founder Yiren Huang stole its technology
while he worked at a Huawei subsidiary.
Huawei Technologies Co. is embroiled in a trade
dispute between China and the U.S., which has
accused Chinese companies such as Huawei of
committing forced technology transfers and
stealing trade secrets.
The Cnex case isn’t directly related to that
trade dispute, though it’s overseen by the

HUAWEI LOSES

TRADE-SECRET

CASE, BUT JURY

AWARDS NO

DAMAGES