Traverse Legal’s lawyers constantly monitor the latest information on the World Wide Web concerning non-compete issues. Here is this week's round-up:
IMB Sues Its Ex-Employee for Leaving for Apple
By masum
But the former International Business Machines Corp. executive mark papermaster claimed that his move to Apple inc. to oversee development of its iPod and iPhone devices doesn’t violate a non-compete agreement he signed at IBM. ...Papermaster Countersues To Escape IBM's Legal Hounds
But in a Thursday US District Court filing, Papermaster's lawyers argued that the scope of IBM's non-compete agreement is overly broad and that Apple and ...Non-Compete Agreements - Striking the Right Balance
By Iula
One of the trickier agreements that companies must deal with is the Non-Compete Agreement, simply because the document needs to strike the right balance between protection and freedom. The non-compete agreement is a written...
Papermaster countersues; IBM to put up $3M
... Mark Papermaster, the veteran IBM executive trying to defect to Apple, has filed a countersuit against Big Blue, alleging that non-compete clause he signed with IBM is irrelevant because Apple and IBM aren’t director competitors. ...IBM to Mark Papermaster, who left for Apple: think about your family
By Rob Beschizza
IBM sued him, claiming that he's violating a non-compete clause in his employment contract. Papermaster has countersued, saying that iPods are obviously not in competition with blade servers. The wrangling goes on, but there's a ...INVISTA Sues Rhodia in Delaware for Theft of Trade Secrets
"DuPont specifically agreed to a 5-year non-compete in the engineering polymers market space. That non-compete period expires next spring, and until then ...Plethico's non-compete pact with Shreya Life ceases
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... PowerRating -- Drug firm Plethico Pharmaceuticals today said the non-compete agreement with Shreya Life Sciences has ended with effect from this month. ...Judge jumps into NYC dog-walking dispute
... Brian Mestre could not run his business near his former employer, Paw Stop, because he had signed a noncompete agreement with the dog daycare center. ...UPDATE: DuPont Files Patent Suit Against Koch Indus Unit
CNNMoney.com - USA
Invista spokeswoman Mary Beth Jarvis said the company is abiding by a five- year noncompete deal in the engineering polymers space that expires in the ...Tencent Sues 15 Former Employees For Violating Non-compete Clauses
Tencent says that the lawsuit aims to safeguard the legitimate rights of company while the relevant employees say Tencent does not pay a non-compete ...The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?
Papermaster argued that IBM doesn’t compete with Apple in consumer electronics. IBM reiterated that Papermaster violated a non-compete agreement. Now a judge is preventing Papermaster from working …Bill Simmons and a Non-Compete Clause
By TheBigLead
Bill Simmons: Food for thought, from a law student regarding ESPN’s Bill Simmons and the potential of a non-compete clause in his contract. “The California Supreme Court clarified thatApple Hires IBM's Papermaster Despite Noncompete Suit
Sci-Tech Today - USA
IBM listed several reasons for its suit, including protecting the company's intellectual property and its trade secrets, and Papermaster's noncompete ...Non-Compete Agreements: Friend or Foe?
By Rayna Gokli
Non-compete agreements in employment contracts can cause much unnecessary and hardship on an individual once that individual chooses to switch jobs. Additionally, while it may seem unintuitive that an individual cannot use skills ...Non-Compete Agreements and the Abyss
By John
“Non-compete agreements are not enforceable.” is a myth. Sometimes the question is not if your opponent is going to sue you; however, the question could be whether the non-compete holder will sue the company that is planning on hiring ...Competes and Non-Competes
More interesting from the CIO perspective is the potential for possibly the highest profile non-compete suit since the Microsoft-Google spat over Kai Fu Lee in 2005, which after some suprising preliminary victories for Google (hiring ...Apple’s competitors to stop talent poaching with non-compete clauses
By Peter
Competitors of Apple are now heading to court to try and enforce a non-compete clause, so that their former talent will not head directly to Apple and pass on any of their valuable intellectual property
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