Acquitted! Fujian Jinhua wins lawsuit from the US Department of Justice

According to Bloomberg, on Tuesday (27th) local time, after a non jury trial, San Francisco District Judge Maxine M. Chesney ruled that Fujian Jinhua was not guilty in the 2018 criminal prosecution of Fujian Jinhua and United Electric for conspiring to steal commercial secrets from Micron. All charges were not substantiated and there was no "economic espionage activity".

Maxine M. Chesney's conclusion is that US prosecutors failed to prove that Fujian Jinhua had stolen proprietary data from the largest storage chip manufacturer in the United States, Micron Technologies, which was reportedly transmitted through Liandian Corporation in manufacturing transactions with Fujian Jinhua.

Bloomberg reported that the latest ruling came more than five years after the US Department of Commerce listed Fujian Jinhua as a threat to national security, causing a setback for the US Department of Justice's efforts to combat intellectual property theft in China.

In response to this, Fujian Jinhua responded today (28), stating in a statement released on its official website that "Jinhua Company has always operated in accordance with the law and respects intellectual property rights. The company's criminal case in the United States has been tried in court, and all charges are not substantiated. We welcome the verdict.".