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25 July 2024NewsTrade secretsMarisa Woutersen

TikTok must face US allegations of source code theft

District court partially upheld Beijing Meishe's suit against social media platform | TikTok fails in bid to dismiss copyright infringement and trade dress misappropriation claims | Ruling notes substantial similarities between Meishe's and TikTok's source codes.

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