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Friday, July 22, 2005
Google countersues Microsoft over hire
Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, sued Microsoft Corp. as part of a legal battle over Google's hiring of a Microsoft executive to run its Chinese research center.
Google filed its lawsuit in state court in San Jose, Calif., two days after Microsoft went to court in Seattle to stop Google from hiring Kai-Fu Lee, a Microsoft vice president. Google's suit argues that under California law, Microsoft can't restrain employees from "choosing where they want to work."
Google hired Lee to open a development center in China to expand its international operations. The company is recruiting Microsoft staff to develop products that challenge Microsoft's Internet and software businesses as the companies vie for international business on the Web.
About 39 percent of Google's $1.38 billion in second-quarter sales came from outside the United States.
Microsoft accused Lee and Google of breaking a confidentiality agreement and a non-compete clause in his contract. Lee, the most senior executive Google has snagged from Microsoft, led a group working to improve Web and computer searches.
Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake declined to comment yesterday. Google spokesman Steve Langdon also declined immediate comment.
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