Foxconn Employees Charged With Leaking iPad 2 Design

Three Foxconn employees in Shenzhen, China have been charged with leaking the iPad 2's design to outside accessory makers, according to a Chinese-language sznews.com report.

Several online shopping retailers in China were able to sell iPad 2's protective case products before the iPad 2 was even launched, leading Foxconn to suspect that there might have been some employees leaking the design of iPad 2 which it reported to the local police.


DigiTimes notes that according to the report local police arrested three employees on December 26, 2010 and charged them with violating the company's trade secrets on March 23, 2011.