Disputed Google Executive Hard At Work
Todd Bishop reports that Kai-Fu Lee, the Microsoft exec who jumped ship to a major position at Google China, is already settling in to his new role at the search company. This despite the fact that Microsoft is suing Google and Lee, citing a non-compete clause and confidential trade secrets Lee has. You’d think Microsoft would have procured as part of the lawsuit a court order preventing Lee from working at Google until the dispute is resolved.
Lee Hits China For Google, Didn’t Foresee Non-Compete Problems
Spotted via InsideGoogle, Kai-Fu Lee in China from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog covers how Dr. Kai-Fu Lee — the former Microsoft exec now at Google and at the center of lawsuits between the two companies — has been out to Beijing to lay the gr…
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“We don’t need need no stinkin’ court orders.”
Seriously, there’s so much potential money to be made in serving Chinese Internet users that any fines or court orders will just be little bumps on the road to the gold rush.
Comment by Esoos Bobnar | July 27, 2005