Silicon Valley days: high-tech firm cries trade-secret theft, gets scant sympathy; Borland fingers a defector, aided by software of firm to which he's defecting; rivals to accuser: oh shut up

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Borland International Inc has filed a civil lawsuit against Symantec Corp, claiming that a former Borland executive, Eugene Wang, stole Borland trade secrets when he defected to Symantec. The evidence in the case includes 12 electronic-mail messages from Wang to Symantec, containing product specifications, future marketing plans, a document marked confidential and a memorandum marked as a privileged confidential communication. On Sep 2, 1992, police obtained search warrants and searched the homes of Wang and of Symantec CEO Gordon Eubanks, although they did not comment on the significance of the evidence they found there. On Sep 8, 1992, Wang's secretary, who had left Borland with him, returned to Borland headquarters to copy files from a computer, but investigators stopped her and confiscated her disks. According to Borland, the disks had confidential Borland information.

Laws, regulations and rules, Investigations, Copyright, Trade secrets, Copyrights, Patents, Symantec Corp., SYMC, Borland International Inc., Patent/Copyright Issue, Theft of Information, Investigation, BORL

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Intel, Microsoft phone standard for PCs is set

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Microsoft Corp and Intel Corp plan to announce a standard which will ease the efforts of programmers writing software that links personal computers and conventional and cellular telephone equipment. The new Windows Telephony standard is another sign that the two leaders of the PC industry are trying to set the pace for rivals. Forty telecommunications and computer companies say they will support Windows Telephony, including Northern Telecom Ltd, DEC, Siemens AG, Compaq, Lotus Development Corp and U S West Inc's U S West Communications group. Currently, programmers must write dozens of interfaces for the many different phone systems. Windows Telephony will provide a single, standard interface that runs on the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Semiconductors and related devices, Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Standards, Semiconductor industry, Software, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., INTC, Standard, Standardization, Computer telephony, MSFT, Telephone systems, Connectivity, Open Application Interface

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Logisticon settles score with Revlon by remote control; software maker uses phone to repossess programs; cosmetics company sues

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Revlon Group Inc sues Logisticon Inc after the software publisher repossesses its inventory management software program because of delinquent payments. The software maker uses telephone lines to get into Revlon's computer system and then disabled programs that Revlon has not paid for. Revlon sues for extortion but Logisticon maintains it is merely protecting itself. Revlon refuses to pay $180,000 remaining on a $1.2 million contract and cancels the second $500,000 phase of the contract. Logisticon disables the software starting Oct 15, 1990 without damaging the data but switches it back on three days later. Revlon is not able to ship products between Oct 16 and Oct 19 1990 while the system was off.

Toilet preparations, Relays and industrial controls, Contracts, Cosmetics industry, Revlon Inc., Inventory control, Computer Software Industry, Logisticon Inc.

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