Augmented-reality start-up Magic Leap stumbles in case accusing China-bound engineer of stealing tech

Magic Leap, the maker of augmented-reality headsets backed by Alphabet and Alibaba Group Holding, did not get far with a lawsuit accusing a former engineer of stealing its technology to launch a rival business in China.A federal judge in San Jose, California, on Wednesday granted a request by Chi Xu, who left Magic Leap in 2016, to throw out the case. She found that Magic Leap did not adequately allege that Xu exploited proprietary information to build his own mixed-reality glasses, which…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/3089510/augmented-reality-start-magic-leap-stumbles-case-accusing-china