Everybody Was Kai-Fu Fighting
The latest news in Google's increasingly impressive bid to take over the technological world is that today, Microsoft has sued Google and one of Microsoft's own former executives, Kai-Fu Lee, citing, among other points, breach of non-competition agreement. Kai-Fu Lee has left his position at Microsoft and has taken a position at Google China.
The suit was filed in a Washington state court against Google and Kai-Fu Lee, who until Monday was the corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Services Division.
Lee, an expert in speech recognition technology, founded Microsoft's China research lab in the late 1990s and worked at Silicon Graphics Inc. and Apple Computer before joining Microsoft.
One of Microsoft's lawyers commented that Microsoft felt that Lee was in especially strong violation of non-competition, given the nature and volume of information to which he was privy.
"He has access to sensitive information, to trade secrets about our search technology and business plans and our China business strategies," Deputy General Counsel Tom Burt told CNET News.com. "He has accepted a position in direct competition with Microsoft in those areas."
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