Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > [text / observer network Lv Dong] < / P > < p > < / P > < p > on February 9 local time, Dutch lithography giant ASML announced in its 2021 financial report, Chinese enterprise Dong Fang Jing Yuan electron (dfjy) is actively selling products that may potentially infringe asmai's intellectual property rights in China. XTAL, the Oriental Jingyuan affiliated company called by ASMA, was convicted by the US Court of infringing ASMA's intellectual property rights in 2019 < p > observer network then contacted Dongfang Jingyuan, and the staff of the other party said it was inconvenient to respond to the matter for the time being. Asmai China told the observer that this matter is related to the infringement case before XTAL and is a normal disclosure in the annual report. Asmai is paying close attention to the dynamics of Dongfang Jingyuan. At present, it is not ready to take legal measures, but if there is conclusive evidence, the company will resort to law < p > Chinese enterprises claim that the key technologies are completely self-developed < / P > < p > according to the information disclosed in asmai financial report, the company learned in early 2021 that a company related to XTAL was actively promoting products that may infringe asmai's intellectual property rights in China. In 2019, XTAL was judged to make compensation for stealing asmai's trade secrets in the United States. In response, Asmai has told customers not to assist this company called "Oriental Jingyuan" "The Chinese company is engaged in such potential infringement. Asmai also revealed that the company has informed the Chinese regulatory authorities of relevant information, is closely monitoring the relevant situation and is ready to take legal action at an appropriate time. < / P > < p > the query of observer.com found that the full name of Dongfang Jingyuan is Dongfang Jingyuan microelectronics technology (Beijing) Ltd., founded in 2014 and headquartered in Beijing Yizhuang Economic and Technological Development Zone, focuses on IC yield management. Yizhuang SDIC once disclosed that Dongfang Jingyuan is invested and controlled by China's top 500 enterprise Dongfang Group, which is a large investment holding private enterprise established in 1978 < p > in terms of specific business, the main products of Dongfang crystal source are nano electron beam defect detection equipment (EBI) and key size measurement equipment (CD-SEM), computational lithography products (OPC) and Microelectronic Design and manufacturing intelligent yield optimization platform (hpotm). The company said that its products are self-developed and at the domestic leading level, which can effectively solve many difficulties in the domestic integrated circuit industry < p > asmai's official website shows that in addition to the lithography machine, the company's products also include computational lithography used to improve the yield and quality of chips. "If there is no computational lithography, it is impossible for chip manufacturers to manufacture the latest technology nodes" < p > Wang Xiaolong, director of xinmou research, told observer.com that in the process of lithography, the diffraction of light and the physical and chemical effects in the photosensitive layer will deform the image that the lithography machine is trying to carve, so it is necessary to calculate lithography for calibration and optimization. In short, computational lithography is similar to the algorithm in EDA. It is a service that needs to be purchased by the wafer factory. If the exposure pattern is different from the actual mask, the mask can be corrected in advance by computational lithography to ensure the desired pattern. Generally speaking, if the Fab feels that ASMA's computational lithography is not good enough, it can also choose the products provided by a third party, and the two will compete < p > the Dutch media unreasonably attacked China and was opposed by asmai < / P > < p > in addition to accusing Dongfang Jingyuan of possible infringement, asmai also specifically mentioned that Dongfang Jingyuan was associated with XTAL, and the intellectual property dispute between asmai and XTAL occurred several years ago, which also triggered some unreasonably attacks on China by foreign media at that time < p > things will start in 2016. In May of that year, asmai sued XTAL, an American company, in a US court, accusing XTAL of stealing some source code and intellectual property rights of Brion, an American subsidiary of asmai, and saying that XTAL induced and abetted asmai employees to work secretly for them before leaving their jobs < p > according to the official introduction, Brion is the initiator of the concept of computational lithography, which was acquired by asmai in 2007. Brion was founded in 2014 and has been committed to improving the yield of semiconductor manufacturing, including two employees of XTAL. According to foreign media reports at that time, XTAL developed rapidly after its establishment, and asmai began to doubt XTAL after losing a contract with a key customer < p > asmai filed an allegation to the court that one year after the establishment of XTAL, two asmai employees resigned and joined the company. The two employees copied Brion's trade secrets to the storage device to promote XTAL's business, and then stole confidential information together with two former colleagues who were still working in Brion < p > originally, it was normal for enterprises to have commercial disputes, but some foreign media always wanted to take the opportunity to raise the matter to the national level < p > during the trial of this case, the Dutch media "financieele dagblad" reported that all six employees involved in XTAL were Chinese names, and XTAL was a subsidiary of the Chinese company Dongfang Jingyuan. Therefore, the media claimed that the infringement case has something to do with the Chinese government, and asmai's technology may fall into Chinese hands, which is a so-called "state espionage" As soon as this statement came out, asmai took the lead in opposing it. In April 2019, the company issued an official statement saying that the purpose of XTAL and its former employees was to enrich themselves by using stolen trade secrets and intellectual property rights. Asmai did not find any evidence of the direct involvement of the Chinese government in this matter. "We are dissatisfied with any claim that this case will affect ASMA's business in China. Some of them happen to be Chinese citizens, but others from other countries are involved."

and China have maintained good cooperation in the field of science and technology in Holland. We have repeatedly reiterated that the Chinese government attaches great importance to intellectual property protection. We have always required Chinese citizens and enterprises overseas to abide by the laws of their host countries. As for China itself, China's scientific and technological development depends on neither stealing nor robbing. It is the hard work of the Chinese people with their own wisdom and sweat < p > asmax CEO Peter Wen said in a statement that the company was encouraged by China's commitment to respecting and protecting the intellectual property rights of non Chinese companies < p > however, asmai did not mention the specific relationship between XTAL and Dongfang Jingyuan at that time. However, the company disclosed that the funds behind XTAL come from China and South Korea, and its goal is to create a competitive product to sell to asmai's customers in South Korea. Asmai also revealed that XTAL stole software for mask optimization, which is the same as asmai's main business ?
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