美国2006：杜邦华裔研究员闵永刚被诬窃取“商业机密”

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杜邦公司前华裔研究员闵永刚 (Yonggang Min，译音)，被杜邦公司及美国政府诬陷，以所谓“窃取”该公司价值4亿元的“商业机密”，而被判处18个月刑期，并罚款3万元。


GUILTY PLEA IN TRADE SECRETS CASE：
WILMINGTON, DE – Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware; William
D. Chase, Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Office; and Darryl W. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, announced today the unsealing of a one-count Criminal Information charging GARY MIN, a.k.a. Yonggang Min, with stealing trade secrets from E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”). MIN pleaded guilty to the charge on November 13, 2006. The offense carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution.
Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement, MIN admitted that he misappropriated DuPont’s proprietary trade secrets without the company’s consent and agreed to cooperate with the government.
According to facts recited by the government and acknowledged by MIN at MIN’s guilty plea hearing, MIN began working for DuPont as a research chemist in November 1995. Throughout his tenure at DuPont, MIN’s research focused generally on polyimides, a category of heat and chemical resistant polymers, and more specifically on high-performance films. Beginning in July 2005, MIN began discussions with Victrex PLC about possible employment opportunities in Asia. Victrex manufactures PEEK8482;, a polymer compound that is a functional competitor with two DuPont products, Vespel® and Kapton®. On October 18, 2005, MIN signed an employment agreement with Victrex, with his employment set to begin in January 2006. MIN did not tell DuPont that he had accepted a job with Victrex, however, until December 12, 2005.
Between August 2005 and December 12, 2005, MIN accessed an unusually high volume of abstracts and full-text .pdf documents off of DuPont’s Electronic Data Library (“EDL”). The EDL server, which is located at DuPont’s experimental station in Wilmington, is one of DuPont’s primary databases for storing confidential and proprietary information. MIN downloaded approximately 22,000 abstracts from the EDL and accessed
approximately 16,706 documents – fifteen times the number of abstracts and reports accessed by the next highest user of the EDL for that period. The vast majority of MIN’s EDL searches were unrelated to his research responsibilities and his work on high-performance films. Rather, MIN’s EDL searches covered most of DuPont’s major technologies and product lines, as well as new and emerging technologies in the research and development stage. The fair market value of the technology accessed by MIN exceeded $400 million.
After MIN gave DuPont notice that he was resigning to take a position at Victrex, DuPont uncovered MIN’s unusually-high EDL usage. DuPont immediately contacted the FBI in Wilmington, which launched a joint investigation with the United States Attorney’s Office and the United States Department of Commerce. MIN began working at Victrex on January 1, 2006. On or about February 2, 2006, MIN uploaded approximately 180 DuPont documents – including documents containing confidential, trade secret information – to his Victrex-assigned laptop computer. On February 3, 2006, DuPont officials told Victrex officials in London about MIN’s EDL activities and explained that MIN had accessed confidential and proprietary action. Victrex officials seized MIN’s laptop computer from him on February 8, 2006, and subsequently turned it over to the FBI.
On February 14, 2006, FBI and Department of Commerce agents searched MIN’s home in Ohio. At the home, the agents discovered several computers which contained DuPont documents marked “confidential.” A software erasure program had been launched on an external disk drive of one of the computers, which was in the process of erasing the entire disk drive at the time the agents entered the house. The investigation further revealed numerous garbage bags that were filled with shredded DuPont technical documents, as well as remnants of DuPont documents that had been burned in the fireplace. In addition, the agents learned that MIN stored numerous other confidential DuPont documents in a storage unit and in a one bedroom apartment.
United States Attorney Colm F. Connolly said that the theft of trade secrets is a serious crime which has the potential to cause significant economic damage to companies, shareholders, and the economy at large. Connolly noted: “The cooperation of both DuPont and Victrex was pivotal to the investigation of the case, demonstrating the important partnership between private companies and the government in safeguarding intellectual property rights and promoting good corporate citizenship.” Connolly also praised the FBI and the Department of Commerce for their roles in investigating this case.
Special Agent in Charge William D. Chase said, “The FBI is committed to protecting our nation’s intellectual property and trade secrets, and this case is the result of excellent cooperation between FBI Baltimore, Wilmington Resident Agency, and the Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement, and the United States Attorney’s Office. Through the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division’s DOMAIN Program, which is an outreach to the private sector, academia and the intelligence community, the allegation of MIN’s theft came to the FBI’s attention quickly and led to the initiation of this investigation. I commend FBI Special Agent Peter Lapp and Department of Commerce Special Agent Richard Jereski for their dedication and hard work during the investigation of this case, as well as FBI Cincinnati, Columbus Resident Agency, for their work with this investigation.”
“This case clearly demonstrates the seriousness with which we regard allegations of the illegal export of technology which is crucial to the security of the United States,” said Darryl W. Jackson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement. “We are always pleased when law enforcement agencies can coordinate an investigation into such allegations.”
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wilmington Resident Agency, and the United States Department of Commerce. United States Attorney Colm F. Connolly and Assistant United States Attorney Robert F. Kravetz are prosecuting the case.
MIN is scheduled to be sentenced by the Hon. Sue L. Robinson, Chief District Court Judge of the District of Delaware, on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. For further information, contact Colm F. Connolly, United States Attorney. ****

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盐城网报道：近80万人才助力我市经济社会建设

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　　闵永刚是一名美籍华人，曾担任过IBM、圣戈班、杜邦等世界500强企业的首席技术官和首席科学家，在工业界资历深厚。较早前，闵永刚加入中国科学院院士黄维的团队，对有机电子产业领域的产品进行研发。现在已经是中央组织部“千人计划”特聘专家的闵永刚和黄维团队的其他专家们一起于去年来到盐城，在城南新区成立了有机电子与信息显示国家重点实验室盐城基地，专项研究有机电子产业领域中的光电材料部分。

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　　采访中记者了解到，闵永刚现在还有另外一个身份——方圆环球光电技术盐城有限公司总经理，主要负责将盐城基地的科研成果转化为产品投入市场形成经济效益。闵永刚说，现在公司研发的照明产品已经在盐城试用了，在他看来，盐城是一个非常好的研发基地和产品试用基地。

　　现在已经有数十万计像闵永刚这样的人才来到盐城发挥、贡献自身能量。2012年，全市人才总量达到78.1万人，其中党政人才2.17万人，企业经营管理人才18.3万人，专业技术人才35.25万人，高技能人才11.63万人，农村实用人才8.6万人，社会工作人才2.15万人。在我市的人才大军中，不乏高端人才的身影，我市引进的“双创”人才由2010年的7名增加到目前的148人，其中有24位院士，33位“千人计划”专家。彭波、游宇健等有机电子产业领军人才，陈党慧等风电产业的一批尖端人才、35位环保行业专家、119名环保专业博士先后参与到我市的经济社会建设中。

　　记者观察：我市从2009年开始启动构建长三角北翼人才高地的建设，短短几年，无论是从数量还是质量上来看，我市的人才工作都取得了较大的突破。但与其他城市相比，我市的人才工作还有较大的提升空间，这就需要我们以更加有力有效的举措推进人才工作的开展。