00:00A federal judge reverses part of the conviction of former Google software engineer Lin Wei
00:05Ding, who was found guilty earlier this year of stealing AI trade secrets to benefit two
00:10Chinese companies. U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chabria in San Francisco rules there
00:15isn't enough evidence Ding intended or knew his conduct would benefit the government of China.
00:20Chabria says evidence supported the guilty verdict on the theft of trade secrets.
00:24At Chinese National, Ding was found guilty in January after an 11-day trial of seven counts
00:30of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets. He was accused of stealing thousands
00:35of pages of confidential information from Google. Three weeks after the trial, Ding's lawyers filed
00:41appeals for his acquittal, arguing the Justice Department failed to prove the charges beyond
00:45a reasonable doubt. Ding is scheduled to be sentenced on September 1, according to the court docket.
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