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Tesla sues former Optimus engineer for stealing trade secrets
- Tesla is suing former Optimus engineer Jay Li for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
- Li is accused of taking confidential files from Tesla to help his startup, Proception.
- Tesla claims that Proception used the stolen files to expedite the development process of robot hands.
- Li worked on the Optimus sensor team at Tesla from 2022 to 2024.
- He allegedly downloaded files related to robotic hand research before leaving the company.
- Proception was founded just six days after Li departed Tesla.
- Tesla says Proception's robotic hands bear similarities to its own Optimus design.
- Tesla is seeking monetary damages and a court order against Proception.
- This is not the first time Tesla has filed a lawsuit over trade secret theft.
- In another case, Tesla accused Klaus Pflugbeil of stealing battery-related secrets.
- Pflugbeil was arrested and sentenced to two years in prison.
- Tesla is represented by lawyers from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in this case.
- The lawsuit is titled Tesla Inc. v. Perception Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Tesla has been actively pursuing legal action to protect its intellectual property.
- The company is determined to prevent misuse of its trade secrets.
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