PayPal Sues Google and Former Employees Over Mobile Payments System

By Kevin Fayle on May 27, 2011 | Last updated on March 21, 2019

PayPal has filed a lawsuit against Google over Google's new mobile payment system. In the lawsuit, PayPal alleges that one of its former executives who now works for Google violated PayPal's trade secrets by leading the development of the new payment system. PayPal also claims that the executive violated his duty to the PayPal by interviewing for the position at Google while simultaneously negotiating a Google-PayPal contract. PayPal Sues Google and Former Employees Over Mobile Payments System