Nvidia faces trial over engineer’s ‘stolen’ code oops moment

Nvidia Corp. must face trial in the case of an engineer who inadvertently revealed autonomous driving trade secrets that he allegedly stole from a former employer.

A federal judge in California ruled Thursday there was enough “circumstantial” evidence the Silicon Valley artificial intelligence giant benefited from the confidential data taken from a European automotive technology business to warrant sending the dispute to a jury.

Nvidia and a German unit of Paris-based Valeo SE were working together on a project for Mercedes-Benz when one of…