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.
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...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-6 November 2002-Swedish police arrest three for industrial espionage at Ericsson C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...