14 DAY TRIAL // The IT industry has long been the site of a great many legal disputes, and while some of the ongoing ones appear to be nearing their conclusion, others sprout up to take their place, and the latest among them has just appeared, between ECS and Shuttle, over alleged information leaks.
Over the years, certain company executives from a company or another left their positions and eventually ended up leading a similar or different division at a rival company.
Elitegroup Computer Systems once had David Chen and several others in its employ, before their collaboration was ceased.
Now, David Chen is the acting president at Shuttle, and several other former ECS employees have also scored contracts with the outfit.
Now, ECS has reportedly filed a lawsuit against its rival, accusing the aforementioned people of illegal practices.
What ECS claims, according to the report published by Digitimes, is that those people leaked confidential information to Shuttle, information that is damaging to its interest by its very nature.
Said information was supposedly used by the latter to take orders from ECS' notebook clients, a practice which has allegedly already begun to erode the marketing prowess of ECS' notebook business.
The exact nature of the information was not specifically elaborated upon, nor were the clients that Shuttle is said to have targeted. Also, nothing was said in regards to what ECS's exact demands are.
Also, Shuttle apparently refused to comment, on the grounds that legal proceedings are still in motion, likely implying that no concrete facts can be stated at this time. As such, there is no telling how long it will be before official statements are made.
All in all, this new development adds to the large collection of antitrust charges that have sparked over the many years since the IT industry became established. What remains to be seen is how it progresses.