Counter-suing Microsoft Corp. over a prized research engineer, Google Inc. on Thursday demonstrated its readiness to take on the world's largest software maker in a legal battle amidst the tensions that began soon after Google hired Kai Fu-Lee a Microsoft employee to open its new research and development office in China.
Redmond-based Microsoft, earlier sued Google and Lee in Washington state court, on the non-compete provision signed by Lee in 2000, which they believed did not permit his joining Google.
Google’s plaintiff in the California Superior Court in Santa Clara County, sought to override Microsoft's non-compete provision in order to retain Lee, contending that Microsoft’s clause violated the California laws that gave workers the right to change jobs. Google charged that the provision signed by Kai-Fu Lee while he worked for Microsoft was "overreaching and unlawful".
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I expect this to go on for a while yet. *Sits on the google side of the fence*
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Google fights back against Microsoft
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Google fights back against Microsoft
go google!
