PORTLAND, Ore. – Intel is suing a former Oregon employee, alleging he took trade secrets when he left for Microsoft and used the information to gain an advantage in later
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In a recent report by Michael Larabel at Phoronix a site we’re happy to recommend for its Linux-specific benchmarks it was reported that AMD is growing its team of Linux developers. AMD currently has job listings for a Linux Kernel development manager, described on the AMD careers page as a mentor to a team of developers to enable design and implementation of “Linux operating system features supporting AMD CPUs.” The job lists responsibilities as including management of an engineering team “in the area of Linux kernel and KVM virtualization development.”
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A former Intel employee is being sued by the firm after he left and joined Microsoft. According to Intel, engineer Varun Gupta stole trade secrets and used them when he went to Microsoft.
Intel Sues Former Employee Who Joined Microsoft After Stealing The Companyâs Trade Secrets Â
February 10, 2021
Intel, the popular chipmaker, is suing one of its former employees, Varun Gupta, for allegedly stealing confidential documents and using them to give his new employer Microsoft a competitive advantage in subsequent business negotiations with Intel.Â
Gupta, who spent nearly a decade at Intel as its Product Marketing Engineer, left the company on January 17, 2020, and joined Microsoft four days later as a Principal of Strategic Planning in Microsoftâs Cloud and Artificial Intelligence department.
According to the lawsuit filed by Intel, Gupta took the companyâs highly confidential, proprietary and trade secret information in violation of his contractual obligations and federal and state law; leveraged that information in negotiations against Intel while at his new employer; and lied to Intel in the course of the firmâs attempts to locate, recover,