Google Sued by PayPal Over Claims It Stole Trade Secrets
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Google Inc. was sued by PayPal Inc., the fastest-growing unit at online marketplace EBay Inc., over claims it misappropriated trade secrets from PayPal’s mobile-payment business.
Osama Bedier, a former PayPal executive now at Google, stole PayPal’s confidential information, the company said in the lawsuit filed yesterday in state court in San Jose, California. Stephanie Tilenius, another ex-PayPal executive now at Google, violated contractual obligations by recruiting Bedier, PayPal said.