Google's Dr. Lee Can Recruit In China But Can't Work on Sea

WPW_Feedbot · #1 (**permalink**) 09-13-2005, 04:00 PM

A decision from a King County, Washington was handed down today that says Google employee (formerly of Microsoft) Dr. Kai-Fu Lee can immediately begin recruting for Google's new research center in China but can not work on speech, search and other technologies. The ruling comes after Microsoft asked for the court to stop Dr. Lee from doing any work for Google until after the January trial saying that it would violate a noncompete agreement he has with Microsoft. From the News.com article: In his 13-page ruling, Judge Steven Gonzalez restricted Lee to recruiting for Google in China and to talking...