Microsoft is seeking an injunction to prevent the former head of its Dynamics CRM team from working at rival Salesforce.com after he allegedly removed hundreds of sensitive documents on his personal laptop before leaving.
The company claims in a legal motion filed with the Washington Superior Court that former Dynamics CRM general manager Matt Miszewski removed 600Mb or 25,000 pages of “confidential and proprietary Microsoft information” after he resigned on 31 December. Miszewski started work as senior vice president of global public sector for Salesforce.com on 18 January this year.
The “trove of materials” in question comprises 900 separate files and includes playbooks and business plans that he had helped write on the vendor’s strategy and tactics for promoting cloud computing and cloud-based CRM in the public sector during 2011, the vendor attests.
Microsoft also alleges that Miszewski lied when he told the firm that he only took personal items with him. It fears that he will violate his non-compete agreement, which would threaten it with “immediate and substantial injury”.
The vendor also claims that he broke the terms of his employee confidentiality agreement by keeping the documents “in addition to confirming his access to significant confidential and competitive information”.
The software giant is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop Miszewski working at Salesforce ahead of a trial. It had already won a temporary restraining order against him in January, which likewise prevented him from working there.
