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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states rights! by mactard · 2008-11-10 11:08 · Score: 5, Insightful

I could've sworn that non-competes were illegal in California. States rights need to be preserved!
1. Re:states rights! by Maudib · 2008-11-10 11:21 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Either way it doesn't matter. This was a federal court, not state.
Lame response by Anonymous Coward · 2008-11-10 11:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

He signed the non-compete. *HE* gave away his freedom. Not the State.
The State is just going to hold him to HIS word.