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I'm a bit surprised that Google doesn't have an employee agreement in place preventing this. Many can extend well past your employment.
by bprater 18y ago
I'm a bit surprised that Google doesn't have an employee agreement in place preventing this. Many can extend well past your employment.
- staunch 18y agoThe deal was done in 2005. Anyone know how long a non-compete type agreement in an acquisition usually is?
- thwarted 18y agoWould it qualify as competition if Google is no longer in the business of providing the service?
- staunch 18y agoMy guess is that it wouldn't matter as long as the contract was still in effect. What if Google just hadn't announced that they were planning to relaunch Dodgeball or changed their minds...
- ojbyrne 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Enforceability_in_the_State_of_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause#Enforceabili...
- callmeed 18y agoFTA: "...except for a small number of limited circumstances" If I'm not mistaken, one of those circumstances is the sale of a business. I wouldn't be surprised if G does have an enforceable agreement in place.
- ojbyrne 18y agoI realized that afterwards: "If an owner is selling the goodwill in their business." Though it still has to be "reasonable." And that probably means its expired.