Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC has sued Micron Technology in federal court in Washington, accusing its U.S. rival of spreading false claims that YMTC's chips threaten U.S. national security.
YMTC in a lawsuit filed on Friday said Micron and a public affairs firm called DCI Group “published and widely disseminated a portfolio of falsehoods” suggesting the Chinese tech company installed “spyware” on chips that are used in mobile phones.
“The campaign maliciously and falsely linked YMTC’s standard commercial memory products to military espionage, criminal conduct, and technically impossible malicious capabilities,” YMTC said in its lawsuit, filed by prominent U.S. law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
YMTC said the company’s founding in China “does not mean that it is a tool of the Communist Party or the Chinese military.”
Idaho-based Micron on Monday declined to comment. DCI, which is based in Washington, did not immediately respond to requests for comment, and neither did attorneys for YMTC.
The complaint said YMTC lost revenue and suffered reputational harm and accused Micron of violating federal false advertising and unfair competition laws.
The Biden administration in 2024 added YMTC to a list created by the Defense Department to highlight firms it says are allegedly working with Beijing's military. YMTC has denied that its technology is for military use.
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