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Business Definition for: Industrial Espionage

  • the practice of spying on a business competitor in order to obtain its trade or commercial secrets. Information sought through industrial espionage will often refer to new products, designs, formulas, manufacturing processes, marketing surveys, research, or future plans. The goal of industrial espionage is either to injure the business prospects or market share of the target company, or to use the secrets discovered for another organization's commercial benefit.

Additional Resources

Spies Like Us
The discovery of a huge industrial spying ring in Israel which used computer viruses to probe the systems of a host of major rival companies has brought the issue of industrial espionage firmly back into the limelight. Far from being something that one sees in James Bond films and television...
Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Espionage, Institute Of Directors, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
White papers 2005-06-07
Former Ericsson employees jailed for industrial espionage
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-18 June 2003-Former Ericsson employees jailed for industrial espionageC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2003-06-18
Swedish police arrest three for industrial espionage at Ericsson
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-6 November 2002-Swedish police arrest three for industrial espionage at Ericsson C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2002-11-06
Justice enforces 'Spy Act' of 1996. (laws on industrial espionage) (includes related articles)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Justice Department are gearing up to enforce a new and broad federal criminal law against trade secret theft and other forms of industrial espionage. As companies become aware of the new sanctions The Federal...
Tags: FBI, industrial espionage
Research articles 1997-03-20
GM Files Civil Suit Against Volkswagen in Industrial Espionage Case.(Originated from Detroit Free Press)
Mar. 9--It's a tale filled with espionage and document shredding, warriors and lying. But you won't find it between the covers of a spy novel. Mar. 9--It's a tale filled with espionage and document shredding, warriors and lying. But you won't find it between the ...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG
Research articles 1996-03-09
Business Intelligence And Industrial Espionage In Outsourcing
Business intelligence" refers to the practice of collecting and analyzing competitive information in the marketplace to assist an enterprise in self-analysis and redirection of its resources to maintain and improve competitiveness. "Industrial espionage" refers to the clandestine methods of obtaining competitive information that is not publicly available. As a legal...
Tags: Databases, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Espionage, Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
Case studies 2003-01-01
Regrets, a few.(General Motors-Volkswagen espionage fight continues; other news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
The industrial-espionage spat between General Motors and Volkswagen shows no signs of ending peacefully. Ferdinand Piech, VW's chairman, expressed regrets over the legal costs and the "confusion and anger", but did not apologise. An apology iThe industrial-espionage spat between General Motors and Volkswagen shows no signs...
Tags: General Motors Corp., VW
Research articles 1996-12-14
Industrial espionage incident revealed involving BAe and Airbus Industrie
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Tags: Airbus
Research articles 1999-12-14
Does Riker's Island Accept MasterCard?
A dining services worker at MasterCard International's Purchase, New York, headquarters decided to try his hand at Industrial espionage recently. Now It looks like he'll be heading into a more Institutional work environment. The worker, Faust A dining...
Tags: FBI, MasterCard International, Visa Inc.
Research articles 2001-05-01
Court drops charges in HP spy case.
Mar 15, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Charges have been dropped or reduced in a major industrial espionage case in the US. The case involved the world's biggest computer company, Hewlett-Packard HP. Former chair Patric Mar 15, 2007 (The Australian Financial...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.
Research articles 2007-03-15
More Spies Are on the Prowl in Silicon Valley, FBI Tells Executives.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
SAN JOSE, Calif.--July 28--It's always been cheaper to steal rather than create components and ideas, but industrial espionage is growing in Silicon Valley as global competition among high-tech firms heats up, top law enforcement officials told an audiSAN JOSE, Calif.--July 28--It's always been cheaper to steal ...
Tags: FBI, San Jose Mercury News
Research articles 1995-07-28
The Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association.(News in Brief...)
The Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA; London) has launched a global survey on industrial espionage with the aim of gaining insight into how problematic and widespread the practice has become. Positing that understandin The Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association...
Tags: industrial espionage, International Bar Association, survey
Research articles 2007-06-01
Pistols at dawn: General Motors and Volkswagen.
Volkswagen VW and General Motors GM are involved in a dispute over the use of industrial espionage after plans for GM future models were found in the possession of VW executives who had defected from GM. GM is challenging VW for the lead in the EuropeVolkswagen VW and General Motors...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG, VW
Research articles 1993-07-31
Two Ericsson espionage suspects freed
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-6 December 2002-Two Ericsson espionage suspects freedC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2002-12-06
Three Ericsson espionage suspects to remain in custody
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-25 November 2002-Three Ericsson espionage suspects to remain in custodyC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2002-11-25
Ericsson espionage suspect remanded in custody
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-22 November 2002-Ericsson espionage suspect remanded in custody C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2002-11-22
Former Marine and FBI Analyst Pleads Guilty To Espionage; Admits Transferring Classified Info. to Assist Overthrowing Gov't.
NEWARK, N.J., May 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A former Marine who worked at times under two administrations in the Office of the Vice President of the United States pleaded guilty today to espionage and other charges, admitting that he took and transferred classNEWARK, N.J., May 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A...
Tags: FBI
Research articles 2006-05-04
Brazilian Coca-Cola Makers Accused Of Corporate Espionage By Pepsi - Brief Article
Two companies that make and bottle Coca-Cola in Brazil were under government investigation Wednesday after rival Pepsi accused them of corporate espionage. There was no official comment from either of the companies - Recofarma Industria do Amazonas and Spal Industria de Refrescos - but officials confirmed they were studying the...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo
Research articles 2001-01-09
Swedish appeal court upholds eight-year sentence in Ericsson espionage case
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-22 October 2003-Swedish appeal court upholds eight-year sentence in Ericsson espionage caseC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Ericsson Inc.
Research articles 2003-10-22
Espion Partners With Remington Associates to Battle the $25 Billion Corporate Espionage Problem
Espion International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EPLJ), a leader in the fight against email based viruses, spam, and outbound threats of corporate espionage announced a partnership with Remington Associates, LTD., a Schaumburg, IL based Value Added Reseller ("VAR") and Microsoft Security Gold Partner. Espion has developed artificial intelligence ("AI") software that learns...
Research articles 2006-07-11
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