Google hit with £500m lawsuit over Gmail copy claims
Start-up LimitNone has filed a lawsuit against Google for
alleged deceptive business practices and trade secret
infringement.
LimitOne alleges that Google's business software unit copied its
software tool to migrate customers from Microsoft Outlook to its
own
Gmail system.
LimitNone entered into a confidentiality agreement with Google
in March 2007, after it started to develop a tool called gMove that
migrated e-mail, address books and calendars from Outlook to
Gmail.
Google then introduced its own free e-mail migration tool called
Google E-mail Uploader, which LimitNone claims, in its legal
action, is identical to gMove.
LimitOne claims Google has cost it around £477m in potential
lost business as a result of the alleged breach.
The complaint has been filed in an Illinois court.