Huawei pleads innocent to trade secret theft charges

In a Seattle federal court on Thursday, Huawei apparently pleaded innocent to charges of taking trade tricks.

The embattled Chinese telecom huge went into the plea in the exact same court where it was struck with a 10-count indictment back in January, according to the Associated Press.

The charges consist of conspiracy to take trade tricks, tried theft of trade tricks, wire scams and blockage of justice. The conspiracy charge brings a possible fine of $5 million, or 3 times the worth of the taken trade trick (whichever is higher).

The case fixates Tappy, a T-Mobile robotic constructed to abuse test phones. A Huawei engineer supposedly attempted to take Tappy’s arm, and the business supposedly motivated such habits, so it might utilize the details to enhance its own robotic. T-Mobile took legal action against and a jury granted it $4.8 million in 2017.

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US District Judge Richardo S. Martinez set a trial date of March 2020 for the case.

Huawei’s also facing 13 charges in New York. These allege that the company violated economic sanctions against Iran by lying to banks.

Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer and daughter of founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada in December at the request of the US over alleged sanction violations. Canada is expected to announce on Friday that extradition hearings can proceed, Reuters reported.