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I don't quite understand how these xooglers can take any of that knowledge with them and start a new company. Wouldn't everything they do be patent encumbered?
by siculars 9y ago
I don't quite understand how these xooglers can take any of that knowledge with them and start a new company. Wouldn't everything they do be patent encumbered? Sounds like a big fat unknown liability to me. Not to mention non competes. What am I missing?
- sp0rk 9y agoI recently read a Vox article that explained how California courts don't enforce contracts that limit employee mobility (and partially explains why behavior like this is possible): http://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/2/13/14580874/google-self-driving-noncompetes http://www.vox.com/new-money/2017/2/13/14580874/google-self-...
- aarongolliver 9y agoPatent law =/= contract law. They're not referring to non-competes
- pinewurst 9y agoIt worked for Anthony Levandowski :)
- therein 9y agoHis story hasn't come to an end yet. He will definitely end up losing more than he gained at the end. Google isn't taking this too lightly. They'll make an example out of him.
- tnecniv 9y agoI don't know about non-competes, but you can't patent math. You can patent systems that use math, but not the math itself. If the application is different enough they might be fine? I'd be interested to hear from somebody who knows more.