In the battle that never ends, Google and MSN are at it again. This time, the battle is being waged in court over the departure of Dr. Kai-Fu Lee from MSN for Google.

Red Herring has full coverage of the story. Some key points from the article:

Microsoft said that Dr. Lee accepted the job at a competitive firm focused on the “same set of technologies and strategies for a direct competitor in egregious violation of his explicit contractual obligations.”
Google emphasized the fact that Dr. Lee is widely known for his pioneering work in the areas of speech recognition and artificial intelligence.





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Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.

Jennifer Laycock is the Editor of Search Engine Guide, an educational web site aimed at translating the search marketing world into something that small business owners can understand. Jennifer specializes in common sense search engine marketing, viral marketing and customer outreach via social media and blogs. A former search marketing consultant and in-house trainer, Jennifer’s clients have included companies like Verizon, American Greetings and Highlights for Children. Her primary clients now are a little girl named Elnora and a little boy named Emmitt.