Microsoft says it would settle Google employee case
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
If Google would agree to make a preliminary injunction become permanent in a lawsuit Microsoft filed against it related to a former employee who has gone to work for Google (Profile, Products, Articles), the matter could be settled, Microsoft (Profile, Products, Articles) said in a statement issued Tuesday.
"We can settle this lawsuit tomorrow if Google will agree to take today's preliminary injunction, keep every word without a single change, and enter it as a permanent injunction that will last until July 18, 2006," Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said in the prepared statement. Doing so would sidestep a trial and the need to pay lawyers outside of the company, he said.