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by gamblor956 2559 days ago
Chinese companies have a very long history of state-supported IP theft.

When a Chinese product so obviously mimics an American product--especially when the chief engineer used to work for the American company--it's on the Chinese company to prove that no IP theft occurred. They've lost the benefit of the doubt.

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What do you think about Eric Yuan and Zoom, then? He was the VP of Engineering at Webex before he left, and then he launched Zoom (with a mostly Chinese R&D team). Would you haul him in front of your imaginary court and prosecute him until he proved no IP theft occurred?
Zoom is a US company based out of San Jose...

As Zoom is definitely within the scope of a valid CA non-compete, if it violated any WebEx IP of wouldn't currently be a publicly treated company.

This is entirely ridiculous. IP theft should be proved in a court of law.
define IP, please.
Intellectual Property