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Androidmeda
13y ago
I don't think this is a regular IP suit. It's more like a breach of contract or something. Opera likely hadn't legally protected the features/designs that were stolen, which would be why the theft would be such a bad thing for them. It's be
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Androidmeda
13y ago
Why would the current CEO be ousted? Why are you mad at him instead of the guy who allegedly stole Opera's business secret and sold them to a competitor?
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Androidmeda
13y ago
Re-using ideas/features he was paid for at Opera? Doesn't that make those Opera's property?
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Androidmeda
13y ago
What old innovations are they trying to claw back revenue from? Wasn't the disputed object actually a fairly new innovation?
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Androidmeda
13y ago
> Why are they suing the guy and not Mozilla, why are there no lawsuits against other companies that provide browsers? Probably because this isn't about features that already exist, but about features that Opera was working on and hadn'
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Androidmeda
13y ago
It just so happens that Opera announced the financial results for the 1st quarter today: http://www.newsweb.no/newsweb/search.do?messageId=326699 At the same time, they published a report on usage of their mobile browsers: http://busines
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Androidmeda
13y ago
Do Opera employees have to watch their steps to a greater degree than employees in other companies? I think that if you stole trade secrets from any other company and sold them to a competitor, they would sue you as well. All you need to do
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Androidmeda
13y ago
It seems pretty straightforward. Trond Hansen was apparently paid to do some consultancy design work for Opera. After accepting his paycheck and moving on, he decided to take the design(s) he made while at Opera, and give it to Mozilla. Thi