The David Donatelli case is similar to that of Mark Papermaster, a former IBM executive who was blocked last year by a US court from working at Apple, after IBM filed a similar lawsuit to the one EMC filed against Donatelli.
It appears that the saga of Mark Papermaster has finally come to an end, as Apple announced on Tuesday that the former IBM vice president would officially be taking his post as senior vice president of devices hardware engineering, beginning on April 24.
Apple's newest executive, barred earlier this month by a US federal judge from working at the Apple due to a non-compete clause in his contract with IBM, his former employer, has countersued IBM, arguing that the non-competition agreement is unenforceable and too broadly written.
Despite an IBM lawsuit to keep him from joining the company, former IBM vice president Mark Papermaster will join Apple as senior vice president of devices hardware engineering.
IBM is suing one of its top executives, a server expert who is trying to take a job with Apple.