apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/9/2008
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Erik Papermaster must know how Barack Obama, John McCain and, for that matter, Sarah Palin feel when they get shafted by the press.
The 25-year IBM veteran engineer is in the middle of a nasty civil case in which his former employer has sued to stop him from taking a new position in Steve ...
informationweek.com - 11/7/2008
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informationweek.com —
Apple's newly appointed chief of iPod and iPhone
engineering said his move to Cupertino does not violate...
a noncompete contract he signed with former employer IBM because Apple and IBM are not competitors. "To the best of my knowledge, IBM does not ...
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Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract -
reuters.com - 11/8/2008
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reuters.com —
(Adds comment from Apple; quotes from Papermaster's court
filing) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A U.S....
District Court judge in New York ordered a newly hired Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) executive to stop work ...
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UPDATE 1-U.S. judge orders Apple executive to stop ...
apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com - 11/10/2008
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Steve Jobs’ high-profile raid on IBM’s managerial ranks
hit a snag on Friday. A judge in White...
Plains, N.Y., ordered Mark Papermaster — IBM’s ( IBM ) former top microprocessor executive and Apple’s ( AAPL ) newest ...
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The Papermaster chronicles: An Apple vs. IBM timeline
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Apple's new iPod chief ordered to stop working
Engadget —
... good intentions and that he kept his old company fully aware of what was going on before he was hired -- a statement supported by the fact that IBM let him keep working for two weeks after he accepted the Apple gig instead of escorting him out of the building. We'll see how this plays out -- although Steve personally handcrafts every iPod out of a kitten, he does lean on his exec staff to keep the Benz washed and waxed. Read - Papermaster ordered to stop working Read - Papermaster says leaving was legit Apple's new iPod chief ordered to stop working ...
Steve Jobs Sums Up IBM Battle With One Finger
iPhone Savior —
... may hang in the balance. It would be so timely for that young, brazen Steve Jobs to travel through a time portal to current day in order to flip IBM the same meaningful message he did back in the day. It would be epic watching history repeat itself! I could see that photo landing on the front page of every major publication across the globe. An extremely bold task that the current day Jobs may not be willing to undertake as Apple's revered CEO. Or would he? [Apple 2.0]
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apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com 1/27/2009 —
In the end, they split it down the middle.
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New Apple hire fights back in countersuit against IBM
appleinsider.com 11/15/2008 — The tug of war over the future of Mark Papermaster, an executive hired away from his post at IBM to head up Apple's handheld efforts, got a bit nastier on Thursday when the microprocessor expert countered a lawsuit from his former employer with one of ...
Apple's Mark Papermaster Ordered To Stop Work -
informationweek.com 11/10/2008 — A federal court judge hearing newly named iPhone chief Mark Papermaster's breach-of-contract dispute with former employer IBM ruled Friday that, for the time being at least, Papermaster must stop working at Apple. Papermaster "will immediately cease ...
IBM Seeks Information From Apple Execs In Papermaster Dispute
cultofmac.com 12/2/2008 —
IBM is asking to interview several unnamed Apple executives in its court case to block former executive Mark Papermaster joining the Cupertino, Calif. based company.
According to court records filed with U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth ...
Papermaster Settlement: Apple Innovations May Require IBM's OK -
informationweek.com 1/28/2009 — Microchip expert Mark Papermaster has settled a noncompete lawsuit filed against him by former employer IBM and is set to join Apple on April 24 as head of device hardware engineering, Apple announced Tuesday. The terms of the settlement, however, ...
Big Sam talks change, and a little politics —
The Register 11/10/2008
IBM chairman says we can fix stuff - with IT, of course IT executives are a funny group. They are usually like broken Magic 8 balls. Whenever you shake them up - perhaps with a financial crisis or a new political reality - they always say the same ...
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