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Papermaster Countersues To Escape IBM's Legal Hounds - The Channel Wire - IT Channel News And Views by CRN and VARBusiness (flag)
www.crn.com — Mark Papermaster, the former IBM technical whiz who's being sued by a jilted Big Blue after taking a position at Apple last month, is attempting to wrestle free of the clutches of IBM's legal team by filing a countersuit. IBM claims that it competes against Apple "in the design, manufacture ...

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IBM to Mark Papermaster, who left for Apple: think about your family
Boing Boing Gadgets — Mark Papermaster is the executive who left IBM's blade server business to take over Apple's iPod and iPhone shop. IBM sued him, claiming that he's violating a non-compete clause in his employment contract. Papermaster has countersued, saying that iPods are obviously not in competition with blade servers. The wrangling goes on, but there's a fantastic line from IBM, according to one source: After Papermaster informed IBM of his decision to accept the position at Apple, IBM implored Papermaster "to consider the effect of his decision on his ...

IBM Played the Sappy Family Guilt Card In Bid to Keep Papermaster [Guilt Card]
Gizmodo — ... until this is cleared up. If nothing else comes of this, at the very least Papermaster has some interesting additions for his updated resume. [CRN] ...

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