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Microsoft Says Former Employee Spied On Them For His Startup Company [Piracy]
Gizmodo — ... The case isn't expected to go to trial until January 26, 2010—so we will have to wait to see who emerges victorious here. It seems to me that if Mullor really felt he had a case, resorting to piracy over piracy software would not be necessary. It's not like information gained through espionage is going to be viewed positively by the courts. [SeattlePi via ...

Timeline: Microsoft accuses former employee of spying
The Microsoft Blog — Microsoft has sued a former employee, claiming he applied for a job at the company under false pretenses and then used his role at Microsoft to gain access to confidential data related to patent litigation he is now waging. Much more from our story in today's paper here . The story is complicated, though, so here's a timeline of events, according to Microsoft: > 2004: Miki Mullor incorporates Ancora Technologies. Company owns Patent No. 6,411,941, "Method of Restricting Software Operation Within a License Limitation." > Oct. 2005: Mullor applies for a job at ...

Roundup: Ma.gnolia, Red Herring, Microsoft spy and Japan have a bad week, and more
VentureBeat — ... Microsoft cracks down on alleged corporate spy — The company is suing former employee Miki Mullor, chief executive of software maker Ancora Technologies, for downloading confidential documents related to a disputed patent. ...

Microsoft Claims Patent Holder Got A Job At Microsoft To Get Info Used In Patent Lawsuits
Techdirt — ... to come up with info for the sake of a patent lawsuit. Apparently (and this is according to Microsoft), Miki Mullor, CEO of a company called Ancora Technologies, applied for a job at Microsoft while still working for Ancora. He got the job, and then used the job to download all sorts of info unrelated to his job -- but which was helpful in allowing Ancora to sue a bunch of companies, including Dell, HP and Toshiba claiming that their use of Microsoft anti-piracy technology violated Ancora's patents on anti-piracy technology. We've seen plenty of ...

Microsoft: employee stole documents for patent lawsuit
(Obsolete Feed) — ... Microsoft is accusing ex-employee Miki Mullor of using his inside access to download internal documents for a patent complaint that his startup company, Ancora Technologies, has since filed against Dell, HP, and Toshiba. The suit alleges that the companies are infringing on Ancora's patent by selling computers with Windows Vista preactivated, which is possible thanks to one of Microsoft's anti-piracy technologies, System Locked Preinstallation (SLP). When Seattle Tech Report covered this story, the publication noted that Ancora's website described the case as follows: ...