Former employee: Seagate stole HDD technology from a rival

Posted on Tuesday, December 29 2009 @ 16:26 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Former Seagate employee Paul A. Galloway adds fuel to the fire in a decade-long lawsuit between his former company and a small firm named Convolve. Galloway claims Seagate incorporated hard-drive technology from Convolve into its own products, and later destroyed evidence to cover it up.
A decade-long lawsuit pitting a tiny company called Convolve against Seagate Technology has taken an unexpected turn after a whistle-blower claimed that Seagate had appropriated Convolve technology and later destroyed evidence in the case.

The whistle-blower, a former Seagate employee named Paul A. Galloway, has provided what is described as “an eyewitness account” accusing Seagate of taking hard-drive technology from Convolve and incorporating it into its own products, according to documents filed recently with a federal court in Manhattan.
More info at NY Times.


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