Comments on: Iconix sues founders of photo site RockYou — wins first round

By: California Supreme Court says noncompete agreements are illegal » VentureBeat

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:13:22 +0000

[...] of the most prominent recent cases of a former employer suing a startup’s founding team was Iconix’s suit against former employees Lance Tokuda and Jia Shen, who created slide show site RockYou, which ended in a settlement. I’m not sure how or if [...]

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By: V

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:48:02 +0000

Amazing reporting.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:08:47 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article wins first round, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Reminder: When Ditching Your Company To Build A Competing Product, Don’t Discuss It On Work Computers

Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:39:49 +0000

[...] anyway Earlier this year, we noted that Yahoo had sued some former employees after they jumped ship (as a group) to another company — but discussed the move using Yahoo’s instant messenger before moving on — allowing Yahoo to claim that the group took trade secrets with them to the new company. While it seems particularly short-sighted to use Yahoo’s IM product while at Yahoo to discuss such things, if you’re using a company’s computers, it really doesn’t matter what tool you’re using. VentureBeat notes that Iconix has convinced a judge to issue an injunction against a startup, after Iconix reviewed instant messenger messages between two former employees while they were still at the company discussing their plans for the new company. In the messages, one of them even admits that he’s confused over which company they are talking about. It probably does happen all the time, but if you’re planning on jumping ship from your current company, you should probably find some other way to discuss it. Somthing common four Seasons gets $3.7 billion offer; Bill Gates among investors OregonLive.com – TORONTO (AP) Â— Investors, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, have joined forces with the Four Seasons Hotels’ CEO in a plan to take the hotel chain private for $3.7 billion, or $82 per share, in cash. The ofer was … This is pretty cool aOL Enhances Video Search (PC World) PC World – New developer program invites closer integration with search AOL functions.Did you know that World means all that relates to or affects the life of a person: He saw his world collapse about him.. This is also the fact experts caution against overfill of ethanol in portfolio Toledo Blade – The main analyst following Pacific Ethanol – which got an $84 million infusion from billionaire Bill Gates – recently lowered the rating on its stock to hold from buy. Agribusiness giant Archer-Daniels Midland Co., the biggest player in the ethanol …Did you know that Caution means a cautious action; a precaution: The climbers took the necessary cautions in preparing for the ascent. I also noted that [...]

By: Disinterested

Disinterested — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:06:40 +0000

Rockyou and Iconix settled their differences. http://gigaom.com/2006/11/21/netpickle-iconix/#more-7386

By: nadine

nadine — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:22:34 +0000

this seems backwards….how can the software writers be sued for intellectual property theft when they came up with the idea and wrote the code?

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:13:07 +0000

VentureBeat has just published a piece by Attorney Todd Rumberger (see contributors) with some tips about how to leave a company and not get sued.

http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2006/11/16/how-to-leave-a-company-and-not-get-sued/

By: Larry Aragon

Larry Aragon — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:06:37 +0000

Oh, and check out the impressive signage for RockYou’s one-year anniversary party — courtesy of Alex Haislip’s camera phone. The photo is posted on peHUB at: http://www.pehub.com/wordpress/?p=210

By: Larry Aragon

Larry Aragon — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:03:35 +0000

Dear readers,

Sorry we’re not giving away the entire story at PE Week, but someone (subscribers!) has to pay our salaries. You’ll find some more juicy (and FREE) details about PE Week reporter Alex Haislip’s run-in with RockYou’s Lance Tokuda here: http://www.pehub.com/wordpress/?p=210

Cheers