Beijing Yitang Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court against Applied Materials Inc. for infringing on its trade secrets, seeking damages of up to 99.99 million yuan. 
On the evening of August 13th, Beijing Etown Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Etown Semiconductor", 688729) announced that it had filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court against Applied Materials, Inc. for infringing on its trade secrets, seeking damages of up to 99.99 million yuan. As of the date of the announcement, the case has been officially registered but has not yet been heard in court. Please provide the text you want to be translated.
In its announcement, Yitang Co., Ltd. pointed out that Applied Materials illegally obtained and used its core technical secrets related to plasma sources and wafer surface treatment. Not only that, but Applied Materials also disclosed these technical secrets within China by applying for patents and claimed the patent application rights for itself. Yitang Co., Ltd. believes that the above-mentioned actions of Applied Materials violated the relevant provisions of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China, constituted illegal acts of infringing on trade secrets, and caused serious damage to the company's intellectual property rights and economic interests. Please provide the text you want to be translated.
Public information shows that Yitang Co., Ltd. mainly engages in the research and development, production and sales of wafer processing equipment required in the manufacturing process of integrated circuits. Utilizing high-concentration, stable and uniform plasma for wafer surface treatment is one of the key technologies of Yitang Co., Ltd. The related technologies are widely applied in the company's dry film removal, dry etching, surface treatment and modification and other semiconductor processing equipment. Yitang Co., Ltd. possesses leading original technical capabilities in this field and holds relevant technical secrets. Please provide the text you want to be translated.
According to the disclosure of Yitang Co., Ltd., Applied Materials, Inc. recruited two employees involved in the case who had previously worked at its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mattson Technology, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "MTI Company"). During their tenure at MTI Company, both employees signed confidentiality agreements, undertaking strict confidentiality obligations regarding technical information including the involved trade secrets. They were familiar with and mastered the core technology of Yitang Co., Ltd. regarding the generation and processing of plasma, as well as the structure of related equipment and technical processes. However, evidence shows that after recruiting these two employees, Applied Materials, Inc. submitted a patent application for an invention to the National Intellectual Property Administration of China, with the main inventors being the aforementioned two employees. This patent application disclosed the involved trade secrets jointly owned by Yitang Co., Ltd. and MTI Company. Additionally, Applied Materials, Inc. is suspected of promoting and selling products using the involved trade secrets to customers within China, further infringing upon Yitang Co., Ltd.'s rights to trade secrets.
Based on the above circumstances, Yitang Co., Ltd. has made six litigation requests:
• Order the defendant to stop obtaining the plaintiff's technical secrets through instigation and other means, and destroy the technical data carriers containing the involved technical secrets under the supervision of the plaintiff;
• Order the defendant to stop disclosing the plaintiff's technical secrets through patent applications and other means, and notify relevant parties to cooperate in fulfilling the requirement of stopping the disclosure, sign a commitment letter for protecting the involved technical secrets and non-infringement;
• Order the defendant to stop using, allowing others to use the plaintiff's technical secrets, prohibiting the defendant from manufacturing, commissioning manufacturing and selling products using this technical secret within China, and destroying all infringing products;
• Confirm that the patent application right applied for by the defendant belongs to the plaintiff, order the defendant not to dispose of this patent application without authorization, and complete the change procedures within three months after the judgment takes effect, bear the change costs;
• Order the defendant to compensate the plaintiff for economic losses and reasonable expenses for stopping infringement (applying 3 times punitive damages) totaling 999.9 million yuan;
• Order the defendant to bear the litigation costs of this case.
Yitang Co., Ltd. stated that this lawsuit is a legitimate measure taken by the company to protect the intellectual property rights of innovators, safeguard its own legitimate rights and interests, and maintain a fair and just market competition environment. It will not have a significant adverse impact on the company's operations and will not affect the normal production and operation of the company. Given that the case has not yet been heard in court, the company is temporarily unable to judge the possible impact on the current profits or post-period profits of the case. The final actual impact will depend on the court's effective judgment result. The company will closely monitor the progress of the case and promptly fulfill the information disclosure obligations in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.