[Gareth321]

>Is this not a huge meatball that ARM has hanging out here? Further from a link in the linked article

Yes, but mostly no. Most of ARM's market cap is tied up in IP; much of which is publicly available knowledge anyway. Wu stole said IP, but he has very few markets in which he's legally allowed to sell. It would be like someone setting up another Disney in China. Okay, so you can sell Mickey Mouse branded clothing in China, but you're definitely not going to be able to sell in any modern market.

ARM got off light. Millions of Western businesses have been destroyed this way.

It should be a stark warning for companies setting up shop in China: they will steal your technology, your IP, your facilities and assets, your trade secrets, your branding and trademarks, and all your equity. The government permits and encourages this. It's only a matter of time.

[bogomipz]

Couldn't he sell ARM designs to Chinese companies who produce products with those chips in them and then those companies sell products with ARM IP in them both inside and outside of China? That would seem to be global market no? Or would WTO step in and put a stop to it?

>"Wu stole said IP, but he has very few markets in which he's legally allowed to sell." Is this the consensus pretty much then?

[nimish]

Those bootleg ARM processors would be banned in a flash by the US ITC, and on top of that who would fab them? No legit foundry would want to jeopardize their relationship with the real ARM.

ARM China now has the designs for several-year-old processors. Not that big of a deal.