Datang Telecom Technology Watches Tech Theft CaseChina's Datang Telecom Technology is paying close attention to a United States technology 'espionage' case involving three Chinese scientists and is hoping for a quick resolution, the company said in a statement.FBI agents arrested three Chinese scientists on Thursday, saying they conspired to steal source codes and software from an Internet server operated by US-based telecoms giant Lucent. The defendants, working out of New Jersey, founded ComTriad Technologies in January 2000 to negotiate a joint venture project with Datang Telecom Technology, which is majority-owned by the Chinese Government, according to the US attorney's office. According to a complaint filed in the US District Court, the technology stolen from Lucent - source codes and software for the PathStar Access Server - was stored on a password-protected website created by ComTriad and transferred to Datang in a US$1.2 million joint venture known as DTNET. "Datang is shocked by these reports and feels sorry," the company's statement said. "As a publicly listed company, Datang strictly abides by laws and regulations designed to protect intellectual property rights and has always conducted co-operation with foreign partners on that basis," it said. The company has not been accused of complicity in the case. Datang and Lucent started negotiations on a co-operative project years ago and officially signed a strategic partnership contract last year. The two companies have maintained a close relationship. "Our company was built out of the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology, so we deeply understand the importance of intellectual property rights protection," said Meng Youwei, a Datang spokesman. Meng said he hopes the case will be solved as soon as possible to avoid influencing the relationship between Lucent and Datang. Kung Hing-tong, spokesman for Lucent Technologies (China) Co, said Lucent hopes the case will not hurt its good relationships with Chinese partners, as China will soon become the world's largest telecoms market. |
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