Former IBM Exec Ordered To Stop Working For Apple

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday November 10, 2008 @11:06AM from the petty-jealousy dept.

tom_guyette writes "ComputerWorld reports a federal judge has ordered former IBM executive Mark Papermaster, recently hired as Apple's vice president of hardware devices engineering, to stop working for Apple. The judge's ruling is based on a motion for preliminary injunction made by IBM, which states Papermaster's new job violates a non-compete agreement he signed in 2006. In response, Papermaster asserted to the court that 'Nothing about his new job will implicate any trade secrets from IBM.'"

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Re:states rights! by commodoresloat · 2008-11-10 11:57 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I could've sworn that non-competes were illegal in California
I could've sworn IBM was in New York.
The US Constitution explictly states one state cannot discharge your contractual obligations made legally in another state.
I could have sworn that "Constitution" thing was made illegal by the Patriot Act.