I don't care that the guy is rich and hoping to get richer. This is evil. [View All]

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/08/09/seagateex/

This "we own your brain" nonsense often hits people who were not executive directors for 17 years and don't have savings to stay 2 years flipping burgers. Besides, it stifles competition.

Presumption of innocence is truly a thing of the past.

Seagate: Ex-employee can't work for a rival
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
August 09, 2004 9:25 am ET

Hard drive maker Seagate Technology LLC is seeking a court injunction to prevent a former employee, Pete Goglia, from going to work for Western Digital Corp., saying Goglia knows too much about Seagate's hard-drive reading and writing technology to work for a competitor.

"This particular employee, who has been here for a very long time, has extensive knowledge of proprietary and confidential information," said Brian Ziel, a Seagate spokesman. "We believe he will inevitably disclose some of that proprietary information that he has gained through working at Seagate."

Goglia worked at Seagate for 17 years. Most recently he was executive director of its Recording Head Operation. He left the company July 30 and is scheduled to start work at Western Digital on Monday, Ziel said.

Seagate filed an injunction Friday with Minnesota State Court for Hennepin County, seeking to keep Goglia from working on Western Digital's read/write technology for two years, Ziel said. "We're not saying he can't work there in that division forever," he said.