Complex sentence: However, the current and retired employees did not physically give stolen technology or documents to Kodak competitors and instead used Kodak's problem solving techniques to help the competitors to develop Kodak technology which did not violate the current laws protecting trade secrets.
Split into simpler sentences: However, the current and retired employees did not physically give stolen technology or documents to Kodak competitors. Instead, they used Kodak's problem solving techniques to help competitors to develop Kodak technology which did not violate the current laws protecting trade secrets.