[ransomnote]

I think of tech companies like Google as synonymous with the CIA, as I believe reports that the CIA took DARPA technology and placed yokels in front of each company, gave them each a cover story ("created in his garage") to make surveillance more palatable to the public.

So I read that this guy stole from Google with some amazement - didn't he know who he was dealing with?

[tsomer]

How can theft of trade secrets be a crime, and be prosecuted by the Federal Government?

Aren’t trade secrets the responsibility of the business? Did the business file them with the government? Did they pay a fee as patent seekers are required to do?

Now if the patent is infringed the patent holder must sue the offending party as an individual; the patent affords no help from the government in this despite the thousands in fees required to file it.

Besides, the Chinese government probably already has it.

That’s my understanding; what am I missing?