Microsoft employee spied for his startup
Spy passions flare up now in the Seattle court, where they are reviewing a lawsuit from Microsoft against their former employee Miki Mullor (Miki Mullor, page on LinkedIn ). He is also the founder of the startup Ancora Technologies . However, Mickey Myllor hid this fact when he got a job at Microsoft. Now representatives of the Redmond giant accuse Miki of technological espionage ( PDF, 33 pages ).
According to Microsoft, the founder of the startup introduced to the company in order to make copies of confidential documents about the anti-piracy technology System Locked Preinstallation (SLP) used by Microsoft. According to Mika Mullora , this technology infringes the patents of its startup.
After a few months of working at Microsoft, Miki found the secret documents proving his case and used them in the lawsuit against several of the largest companies, Dell, HP and Toshiba ( PDF, 15 pages ). Most of the “stolen” documents are correspondence between Microsoft employees and OEM representatives regarding the pre-activation of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems on OEM computers.
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Interestingly, now Microsoft does not deny its guilt in patent infringement. But now it requires an unlimited free license for this technology, because consent to the alienation of certain intellectual property rights is a standard clause in the work contract of every Microsoft employee.
It is also curious that after interviewing Microsoft, Miki Millor received the positions of Windows Strategy and M & A in the Senior Business Development Manager, and at the same time the position of the Windows Smart Card project manager. Although he concealed his involvement in the Ancora startup, he honestly informed the future employer about his experience in the Israeli military intelligence service. However, this information is not alarmed by the leadership of Microsoft, and completely in vain.
However, according to analysts, in the battle against the four giants of the global IT business, Micah Mullo has very few chances. Microsoft has already filed several counterclaims,
According to Microsoft, the founder of the startup introduced to the company in order to make copies of confidential documents about the anti-piracy technology System Locked Preinstallation (SLP) used by Microsoft. According to Mika Mullora , this technology infringes the patents of its startup.
After a few months of working at Microsoft, Miki found the secret documents proving his case and used them in the lawsuit against several of the largest companies, Dell, HP and Toshiba ( PDF, 15 pages ). Most of the “stolen” documents are correspondence between Microsoft employees and OEM representatives regarding the pre-activation of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems on OEM computers.
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Interestingly, now Microsoft does not deny its guilt in patent infringement. But now it requires an unlimited free license for this technology, because consent to the alienation of certain intellectual property rights is a standard clause in the work contract of every Microsoft employee.
It is also curious that after interviewing Microsoft, Miki Millor received the positions of Windows Strategy and M & A in the Senior Business Development Manager, and at the same time the position of the Windows Smart Card project manager. Although he concealed his involvement in the Ancora startup, he honestly informed the future employer about his experience in the Israeli military intelligence service. However, this information is not alarmed by the leadership of Microsoft, and completely in vain.
However, according to analysts, in the battle against the four giants of the global IT business, Micah Mullo has very few chances. Microsoft has already filed several counterclaims,
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/50882/
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