Google and Microsoft Settle

Microsoft and Google have been at each other's throats for quite some time now due to the ever-growing competition that Google's been providing.

Recently, a bitter lawsuit that the companies had against one another has come to an end. It is a Microsoft lawsuit brought against Google for their hiring of Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, a former Microsoft executive who left the company to work for Google.

This most recent feud over Lee lasted five months.
The two companies reached an undisclosed agreement over the breach of a 'non-compete agreement' that was signed by Dr. Lee. He is now the current president of engineering, product and public affairs for Google China, and said in a public statement, "I am pleased with the terms of the settlement agreement."

Dr. Lee was vice president of Microsoft's Natural Interactive Services division before going over to Google. Microsoft charged that he knew the company's trade secrets "concerning search technologies and China business strategies."

This settlement will probably reflect on the decision already made by Judge Steven Gonzales in the September ruling.
He ruled that Dr. Lee could not engage in "any activities competitive with any product, service, or project on which he worked or about which he learned confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets while employed at Microsoft."

With the lawsuit over, both companies can now resume their ever-growing competitory tendencies and fight about something else.