Apple fights with former employee in court 'Can employees plan competing ventures while in employment?'
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Apple is suing a chip design company launched by a former Apple executive. A former executive accused claims that `` even employees can plan competing ventures while in employment '', and the results of this lawsuit affect many businessmen planning startups while working at high tech companies It is reported to give.
Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll-Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-nuvia-lawsuit/apple-lawsuit-tests-if-an-employee-can-plan-rival-startup-while-on-payroll-idUSKBN1ZK16R
While many states in the United States allow non-competitive agreements that require one to compete with another for business, California has a public policy to support employee relocation. These policies are said to have sparked the birth of eight rebels who founded Fairchild Semiconductor in the late 1950s and eventually spawned famous companies such as Intel.
Apple, headquartered in California, has filed a lawsuit against Gerrard Williams III , who was responsible for chip development at the company until 2019. Williams III is a person who was responsible for the development from the A7 chip to the A12X chip mounted on the iPhone, but after retiring in March 2019, launched a startup Nuvia that designs server chips .
Apple filed a lawsuit against William Santa III in the Santa Clara High Court in California in August 2019. Apple has claimed that Williams III 'breached employment contracts and fidelity obligations.'
Apple sue a former developer of iPhone and iPad processor that raised a 5.8 billion yen by establishing a new company after retirement-gigazine
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According to Apple, `` While working for Apple, Mr. Williams hid his plan to start his own business and prepared, and also planned to pull out Apple's colleagues when establishing a new company '' . Apple is asking Williams for his consent to 'not plan or engage in other employment that competes with or directly relates to the company' at the time of his employment, and he has signed an agreement. As such, Apple claims that Williams III violated employment contracts and fidelity obligations relating to intellectual property.
In response, Williams III filed documents with the court in November 2019. In this, the state of California claims that `` employees are allowed to prepare for planning competitors while in employment '', claiming that the contract signed with Apple was not enforceable I am.
A public hearing was held on January 21, 2020, and judge Mark Pierce banned Apple from seeking punitive damages. A subsequent hearing is scheduled for January 28, after which it will be decided whether to decide.
by Kentaro Toma
When Reuters reported to a renowned San Francisco-based lawyer, Cliff Parevsky, for comment, he said, `` Even the least regulated state of California has its limitations, '' employees said that while they were working, While it is possible to plan for competitors in time, trying to pull out a colleague while in office is 'a little dangerous.'
Judge Pierce also points out that 'if an employee plans and prepares a competitor during working hours or using resources as an employee, it is not permissible to do so before retirement.' Palewski argued that it was important 'whether Williams III's founding of Nuvia was done during working hours or in a completely personal time'. However, he also states that it is very difficult to unravel the details.
Apple is not suing any founding members other than Nuvia or Williams III, nor is Apple claiming that it stole Apple's intellectual property or trade secrets.
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