Apple is commonly hush hush about its mickle with suppliers . But a court filing with GT Advanced , the company that was hypothecate to append the Apple Watch ’s sapphire screens , reveals that Apple wouldinflict a $ 50 million penaltyfor any leak of clandestine product information . Ouch .
These documents were released in advance of a hearing for GT Advanced , which justfiled for bankruptcylast week . This is just one case for one company , so we do n’t make out what Apple ’s contracts are with other supplier . 9to5Macnotesthat it probably alter based on the size of it of the supplier and what it supplies . But the takeout here is that huge financial penalties for the leak of information on Apple ’s big secrets are standard with its component suppliers . Although , these days , outflow are pretty much par for the form , which means penalisation do not necessarily guarantee tribute . [ 9to5Mac ]
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