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Amazon Sues After Ex-Worker Takes Google Job

Posted by Unknown on from the everything-you-know-belongs-to-bezos dept.

vortex2.71 (802986) writes Amazon is suing a former employee of its cloud services division after he took a similar position at Google. The interesting aspect of the lawsuit is that Google is choosing to vigorously defend the lawsuit, so this is a case of Goliath vs. Goliath rather than David vs. Goliath. According to court documents, Zoltan Szabadi left a business-development position at Amazon Web Services for Google's Cloud Platform division. Szabadi's lawyer responded by contending that, while Szabadi did sign a non-compete agreement, he would only use his general knowledge and skills at Google and would not use any confidential information he had access to at Amazon. He also believes Amazon's confidentiality and non-compete agreements are an unlawful business practice.

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  1. Non-compete agreements are BS. by Kenja · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But it is impossible to "not use any confidential information he had access to" without surgery. It's in your brain, you will use it if the situation arises.

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    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
    1. Re:Non-compete agreements are BS. by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fraud is a serious crime.

      I thought it was a legitimate business model.

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      "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
    2. Re:Non-compete agreements are BS. by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      A contract does not require a signature, it requires a meeting of minds. A signature is one way of demonstrating this. Accepting the pay cheque and showing up for work is another.

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    3. Re:Non-compete agreements are BS. by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Goes both ways. Reminds me of a situation I ran into years ago. The company I worked for shut its doors overnight (Monday was business as usual, Tuesday "we're done"). I was one of the last people out the door because I stayed on to wrap up our last projects. When that was finally done a few weeks later, I did my exit paperwork. One of the documents said that the company owned any IP I had created during the time I worked there (both on the clock and off the clock, even if it was unrelated to my job) and everything I might create for the next 5 years. When I stopped laughing and dried my eyes I said, "You can't be serious." So the accountant who had inherited HR duties read the document. "You're the first person to say anything about this. Wow. That's just... Okay, cross out the parts you don't agree to and we'll both initial the changes." There was hardly anything left by the time I stopped crossing shit off.

      I thought I'd been working with intelligent people but I'm the only one who noticed that ridiculousness.

  2. Re:Counter-suit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's great, but you didn't rebut his argument that California, having a liberal slant, is just like North Korea. That means he's right and you're wrong!!!!! even if you have things he doesn't care about, um, facts or whatever you OBamabots call em, Libtard!