Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suit

Iria · Sep 15, 2005, 12:08 AM

The next round in the ongoing legal battle between Google and Microsoft over former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee could take place Oct. 14--unless the companies settle their dispute first.

A federal court in San Jose, Calif., has scheduled a hearing on that date to consider Microsoft's motion to dismiss a lawsuit Google filed against it. The suit seeks to invalidate a contract Lee signed while employed at Microsoft that bars him from performing certain work at Google for a year.

The hearing may never happen, though, if Google takes Microsoft up on its offer to settle that case and a competing one Microsoft filed against it in Washington. Microsoft offered to settle both cases on Tuesday, after the judge presiding over the Washington case issued an order that drastically limits the duties Lee can perform at Google until a trial in January. Google has yet to respond to the settlement offer.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suit The next round in the ongoing legal battle between Google and Microsoft over former Microsoft executive Kai-Fu Lee could take place Oct. 14--unless the companies settle their dispute first. A federal court in San Jose, Calif., has scheduled a hearing on that date to consider Microsoft's motion to dismiss a lawsuit Google filed against it. The suit seeks to invalidate a contract Lee signed while employed at Microsoft that bars him from performing certain work at Google for a year. The hearing may never happen, though, if Google takes Microsoft up on its offer to settle that case and a competing one Microsoft filed against it in Washington. Microsoft offered to settle both cases on Tuesday, after the judge presiding over the Washington case issued an order that drastically limits the duties Lee can perform at Google until a trial in January. Google has yet to respond to the settlement offer. __________ Read More / Source: ZDNet Last edited by Iria; Sep 15, 2005 at 12:13 AM.