The Opposition Pays ...in more ways than one.
Microsoft is suing a former employee for applying for his job under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data related to patent litigation he is now waging, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Miki Mullor was hired by Microsoft in November 2005 after stating in his job application that he was a former employee at Ancora Technologies, a local software development company that he said had gone out of business.
However, Microsoft claims Ancora was still a viable company and that Mullor was still its chief executive — and that while he was at Microsoft, he downloaded confidential documents to his company-issued laptop. (more)
Miki talks... "When I joined Microsoft, I notified them in writing of Ancora and my patent in both my resume and in my employment agreement. In its complaint against me, Microsoft withheld the portions of these key documents that show this." (more)
"The patent case is scheduled for trial in a Los Angeles federal court on Jan. 26, 2010." This is getting interesting, and EXPENSIVE. Let's meet back here in a year and see what happens.
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