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Mark Papermaster trial between Apple and IBM gets ugly
Mark Papermaster trial between Apple and IBM gets ugly
The Mark Papermaster saga is getting crazier and crazier. As of today, Papermaster "will immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc. until further order of this court," U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, New York, said today in an order issued after markets closed.. read ...
   IBM must put up $3 million in Papermaster case
IBM must put up $3 million in Papermaster case
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — $3 million bond IBM only had to pay a $350 filing fee to sue Mark Papermaster, the 25-year IBM ( IBM ) veteran hired by Steve Jobs last month to run Apple’s ( AAPL ) iPod and iPhone division. It’s going to cost them a lot more to pursue the case. Last ... (more) IBM must put up $3 million in Papermaster case
Revenge Of The Papermaster: Apple Exec Countersues IBM -
Revenge Of The Papermaster: Apple Exec Countersues IBM -
informationweek.com — Mark Papermaster, the microchip expert that a court last week ordered to stop working at Apple while it hears a breach-of-contract suit brought against him by former employer IBM, has filed a lawsuit of his own against Big Blue. In court documents ... (more) Revenge Of The Papermaster: Apple Exec Countersues IBM -
   Apple’s Papermaster was misquoted
Apple’s Papermaster was misquoted
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com — IBM headquarters Mark Papermaster must know how Barack Obama, John McCain and, for that matter, Sarah Palin feel when they get shafted by the press. The 25-year IBM veteran engineer is in the middle of a nasty civil case in which his former employer ... (more) Apple’s Papermaster was misquoted
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Mark Papermaster erased from existance on Apple web page
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Because of the ongoing litigation, Mark Papermaster has been removed from the executive bios on Apple's webpage.  Fear not, the Papermaster lives on in Apple's PR section.  Screenshot of the removed bio is below to live on in perpetuity: Via C|Net   ...

Papermaster? Hmm.. Never heard of him
Macenstein — ... with a competing company, and a NY judge has ordered that PaperMaster “immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc. until further order of this court“. Papermaster claims that in his 25 years at IBM, he never heard the company describe Apple as a competitor, an argument which sounds a little lame to us, but we suppose one could make the argument that his new role as head of the iPod/iPhone division doesn’t compete with any current IBM offerings. [image] Apple, for its part, issued a statement claiming they were confident they would win the suit “when the dust settles”, ...

IBM forced to pay $3 million bond to continue Papermaster case
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — The stakes keep getting higher and higher in the Mark Papermaster case.  Last week, a New York Judge ordered that Mark Papermaster quit working at Apple until further order from the court.  This week, that same court has ordered IBM pay a $3 million dollar bond in the event that Papermaster was found to be damaged by the suit. The $3 million bond is designed to pay for any costs or damages that Papermaster might suffer if it's later determined that IBM wasn't entitled to an injunction. Karas noted that district courts are allowed "wide discretion" in setting the bond's ...

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