Monday, November 24, 2008

IBM v. Apple (Mark Papermaster)


Apple hired 26-year IBM veteran Mark Papermaster to run its hardware engineering team. IBM sued to enforce its two-year non-compete with Papermaster and obtained an injunction preventing him from going to work with Apple. The judge ordered that IBM post a 3 million-dollar bond. See the links below regarding the case:

news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20081104/bs_nf/62825

www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3785391/Papermaster+Fires+Back+in+IBMApple+Tussle.htm


Happy Thanksgiving!