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(Reuters) - IBM filed a lawsuit against Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, the chief diversity officer at Microsoft, alleging that it switched to Microsoft Taken away IBM's trade secrets, in violation of the company's one-year non-compete agreement.
Last weekend, Microsoft named Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, former HR chief at IBM, the company's new chief diversification officer.
The judge in charge of the case issued a moratorium banning MacIntyre from Microsoft, and plans to hold a hearing on February 22.
In a lawsuit filed with the New York Federal Court on Monday, IBM said that "suddenly moved to McIntyre, a rival company with IBM," which holds highly confidential and sensitive information about IBM's diversification strategy, hiring goals, technology And innovation IBM believes that if McIntyre wants to change jobs, he should go to a company that does not compete directly with IBM.
Citing Bloomberg's reports, federal judge Vincent Briccetti temporarily forbids Mr McGintry from joining Microsoft.
In a motion against the lawsuit filed Tuesday, MacIntyre said IBM was unable to prove that 'her departure' would cause IBM irreparable harm as there is no evidence that she has abused or will abuse any of IBM's secrets or proprietary There is information and says a confidentiality agreement currently in force puts IBM in full protection.
McIntyre also said she informed IBM in January that she would accept Microsoft's position before terminating her work at IBM, and MacIntyre said that as a mother of three, she accepted Microsoft's The job was because after moving to Microsoft, she was allowed to move her family to Washington State so she could be closer to her parents and other family members.
IBM said that McIntyre's use of and disclosure of IBM's confidential and sensitive information, both consciously and unconsciously, would put IBM at a competitive disadvantage and McIntyre's own profile page for LinkedIn shows that she was vice president of human resources at IBM Chief Diversification Officer.
IBM said the company is seeking to implement a non-compete agreement signed by McIntire for a period of 12 months, and because she "violated its contractual obligations to IBM," the company will revoke her share award.
'We are not interested in any of IBM's confidential information,' a Microsoft spokesman said.