Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup
by mcv on Thursday September 24, 2015 @04:17AM
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> if they've stolen ideas in other ways
How can ideas be stolen? They're not property. Source code is. Patents are. Ideas are not.
If Smule had explicit plants to do exactly what Shred is doing and the Shred people left specifically to exploit that idea on their own, then maybe they might have a case appealing to trade secrets or something. But if Shred is doing something different that just happens to also be related to video and music, but does that in a different way, not using any of Smule's algorithms, I don't see how they can possibly have a case.
Unless, of course, you accept that employers own the work experience of their employees. I'm sure some would wish to.
How can ideas be stolen? They're not property. Source code is. Patents are. Ideas are not.
If Smule had explicit plants to do exactly what Shred is doing and the Shred people left specifically to exploit that idea on their own, then maybe they might have a case appealing to trade secrets or something. But if Shred is doing something different that just happens to also be related to video and music, but does that in a different way, not using any of Smule's algorithms, I don't see how they can possibly have a case.
Unless, of course, you accept that employers own the work experience of their employees. I'm sure some would wish to.