US startup sues former employee over trade secrets theft
US-based top augmented reality startup Meta has sued former Head of Optics, Zhangyi Zhong, for alleged breach of contract and theft of trade secrets to create his own company. The lawsuit alleges Zhong "shamelessly leveraged" his time at Meta to "misappropriate confidential and trade secret information of Meta's technology." Zhong joined Meta in March 2015 and quit in July 2016.