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The war for talent and business among data-labeling startups reached a fever pitch last month when Scale sued Mercor, accusing the company of allegedly stealing trade secrets.

When Moore first entered the industry in the mid-2000s, he said his mentors habitually kept trade secrets.

This week, the clash over Knock LA exploded into the legal system, with dueling lawsuits that allege copyright and trademark infringement, defamation and even theft of trade secrets.

Chinese companies have engaged in serial intellectual property theft, brazenly stealing American companies’ trade secrets and illegally repackaging them for export at heavily subsidized prices.

Intellectual property concerns have landed India on the 'Priority Watch List', for which the report cites weak patent protections and a lack of trade secret laws.