[AppleChic]

A judge has ordered Apple’s new recruit, Mark Papermaster (a replacement for Tony Fadell) to halt any work he’d been performing for Apple due to a possible breach of contract with IBM.

Late this past Friday, US Federal District Judge Kenneth Karas ordered Mark Papermaster to "immediately cease" work until the court makes a decision as to whether or not his employment with Apple breaches the non-compete clause in his contract with IBM.

Papermaster has put in 25 years with IBM as a veteran engineer and now finds himself at the heart of a lawsuit by his former employer who’s going after Papermaster for taking a new position as head of Apple’s iPod and iPhone division.

IBM is attempting to enforce a non-compete contract Papermaster signed in 2006. Apple is believes the non-compete does not apply to their company and is trying to get around it.

Papermaster maintains that he does not know why IBM is pressing suit as he left the company on good terms and because IBM knew the position he was planning to take with Apple the whole time he worked with his former employer during his two weeks notice.

Apple and Papermaster's lawyers have already mounted a defense that argues that his heading the division handling the iPhone and iPod touch affords too small a scope to risk trade secrets being leaked. Papermaster’s lawyers also say that IBM’s non-compete s far too strict, and if Papermaster has to adhere to it that it would be "incredibly damaging" to his career.

IBM disagrees and says that Papermaster will be handling the same ARM chips, and this is too close for comfort. IBM continues to insist;

"Electronic devices large and small are powered by the same type of intelligence, the microprocessor,"

And so the drama continues… A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 18.

Source: AppleInsider | Update: judge orders Apple's new mobile head to stop work

[KelvinalF]

wowwww

[pyromuffin]

You're like 3 days late.

[Carrbone]

IBM alil threatened by Apple? LOL.

That just goes to show you how apple has influenced the market and how bad the economy really is.

Companies are tryin to hold on to whatever they can in hopes of staying alive.

[atm_10142k]

Originally Posted by Carrbone

IBM alil threatened by Apple? LOL.

That just goes to show you how apple has influenced the market and how bad the economy really is.

Companies are tryin to hold on to whatever they can in hopes of staying alive.

How does this make apple a bad company .

[dictionary]

Originally Posted by atm_10142k

How does this make apple a bad company .

You quite obviously didn't comprehend what he said. He said how bad the ECONOMY is, not Apple. Meaning .. the ECONOMY is so bad, that IBM is trying to keep Papermaster from going to Apple, so that Apple won't thrive, while they die.

Reading comprehension people. Reading comprehension.

[Kroke]

Pretty typical, sign it while the getting is good, then get a better/different job and then cry about what you had agreed to. I hope IBM wins this one. If he didn't fully understand what he signed, its his fault for not getting an attorney before signing

[iFokust]

Apple wants to develop their own chips in phones and computers.
that's what Papermaster was brought in to do.

[se23]

who cares?

[officespace]

any ideas on what papermaster's or fadell's salaries are/were?

[bluaeon]

Originally Posted by pyromuffin

You're like 3 days late.

and your point is?
some people do have jobs to keep so that they can pay their bills. they dont have the time to surf the web all the time too u know.

as for the topic: lets just hope that he comes over to apple and does something new to ipods and iphones.

[Carrbone]

Originally Posted by bluaeon

and your point is?
some people do have jobs to keep so that they can pay their bills. they dont have the time to surf the web all the time too u know.

as for the topic: lets just hope that he comes over to apple and does something new to ipods and iphones.

are u kidding?

IBM isnt exactly on the cutting edge of innovation-

They havent been big in the consumer market since like 95' when they were selling Aptiva PC's-
I used to see the blue IBM logo on every comercial like 20 times a day.

Since then when have u heard of IBM creating anything worth while in the past 10 years?

I myself am kinda confused on what they contribute.. I believe they provide business solutions like servers, chipsets and whatnot. someone correct me if Im wrong...

I hope IBM wins and Apple doesnt get infected by that man and IBM's obvious lack of genius and innovation in the industry.

[Mourgne]

Kroke: I'm fairly certain that he probably saw what he signed, and he most likely looked at it with several attorneys... The debate isn't whether Papermaster should have to follow his contract, its actually about finding to what extent the non compete clause applies.

officespace: Why do you care what their salaries are? So you can say "ha, they're already rich, so screw them?" Or so you can criticize them? that wont help anything and I find it very annoying when people ask that, since it gets no one anywhere that they should be.

anyway, i think that we should see what the courts say, but personally i think that apple wouldn't do anything that jeopardizes their operation legally.

[officespace]

Originally Posted by Mourgne

officespace: Why do you care what their salaries are? So you can say "ha, they're already rich, so screw them?" Or so you can criticize them? that wont help anything and I find it very annoying when people ask that, since it gets no one anywhere that they should be.

I'm an EECS major and I need to decide what path to take (CS, Systems/Signals, Electronics), and I need to decide very soon. Salary isn't too important, but for someone who's interested in everything it does play a role...

Anyone?

[saifeeab]

Originally Posted by Carrbone

are u kidding?

IBM isnt exactly on the cutting edge of innovation-

They havent been big in the consumer market since like 95' when they were selling Aptiva PC's-
I used to see the blue IBM logo on every comercial like 20 times a day.

Since then when have u heard of IBM creating anything worth while in the past 10 years?

I myself am kinda confused on what they contribute.. I believe they provide business solutions like servers, chipsets and whatnot. someone correct me if Im wrong...

I hope IBM wins and Apple doesnt get infected by that man and IBM's obvious lack of genius and innovation in the industry.

wht has one mans performance got to do with an overall lack of innovativeness and non-performance of a company like IBM? And the guy is not even at the management level. He is an engineer. And over the years IBM have shifted their focus to mainframes & servers where they are still quite good. So dont jump to cunclusions about a mans genius or your lack of it otherwise Apple wouldn't be so desperate in hiring him.