Motorola suing Rim

[jjzelinski]

Originally posted by: alchemize
There should be a law! How dare companies write contracts and try to enforce them!

OP = moron.

Non-compete agreements are BS, I won't sign one without a corresponding renweable employment agreement. Usually they are quite (legally) unenforceable too as most companies are stupid and have you sign them after coming on board which presents a duress situation.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, prick.

Ok, so your take on it is that there is a contract between two companies that affects the ability of, let's say, ALL fired Motorola employees to get a job, and although, let's say, NONE of these employees had a say in this agreement, that is perfectly fine for you.

It's one thing for individual employees to be bound to non-com agreements that they signed that might prevent them from getting a job with a prospective employer, but it's something entirely different when that employee has no say in the matter.

Your sentiment suggests that the whim of the corporation trumps the livelihood of the employee, and I strongly disagree with that. If that makes me a moron then go fuck yourself.

 

[LumbergTech]

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: senseamp

This should be illegal collusion between two competitors.

Hardly, specifically because they ARE competitors, each agreeing against their own self or selfish interests.

competitors can still collude.......

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: winnar111
The free market and the constitution allow companies to profit off their ideas. They should be allowed to ensure that disgruntled employees do not take those ideas to the competition.

I agree. However, there's a major difference between preventing an ex-employee from providing proprietary information to a competitor and preventing an ex-employee from being employed by a competitor.

By your reasoning, if I'm (say) a leading expert on scheduling algorithms, and I've signed a non-disclosure agreement with my current company, the company can prevent me from getting a job as a scheduling expert with ANY other firm - whether I leave voluntarily or am laid off . Surely you can't think this is reasonable.

 

[Harvey]

Originally posted by: LumbergTech

Originally posted by: Harvey

Originally posted by: senseamp

This should be illegal collusion between two competitors.

Hardly, specifically because they ARE competitors, each agreeing against their own self or selfish interests.

competitors can still collude.......

They can, but in this case, they're agreeing.. or colluding, if you prefer... to do the right thing by NOT trying to obtain proprietary information from each others' former employees. That kind of agreement is totally legal and enforceble.