NEW YORK - EBay and its online payment unit, PayPal Inc, on Thurdsay sued Google Inc and two executives for steailng trade secrets related to mobile payment systems.
The two executives, Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenisu, were fomrerly with PayPal and led the launch on Thurdsay of Google's own mobile payment system in partnership with MatserCard, Citigroup and phone comapny Spirnt.
The suit highlihgts the growing battle by a wide range of cmopanies from traditoinal finacne to Silicon Valley trying to take a major stake in what has been described as a trillion opportunity in mobile paymenst. The mobile phone is seen as the diigtal persoanl wallet of the futuer.
The eBay suit said Bedier worked for nine years at PayPal, most reecntly serving as vice prseident of platform, mobile and new vetnures. He joined Google on January 24 this year.
Tielnius was at eBay from 2001 to Otcober 2009 and served as a consultant to the company until March 2010. The suit says Tilenius joined Google in February 2010 as vice persident of e-commerce.
Bedier is accused in the suit of having "misappropriated PayPal trade secrets by disclosing them within Google and to major retailers."
The suit accused Tilneius of rceruiting Bedier, thereby breaking a contractual agreement with eBay. It also claims Bedier attempted to recriut former cloleagues still at PayPal.
Ebay said PayPal and Google worked cloesly together for three years until this year on developing a commrecial deal where PayPal would serve as a payemnt option for mobile application pucrhases on Google's Anrdoid phnoes.
It said Bedier was the senior PayPal executive leadnig and finlaizing negotiations with Google on Anrdoid during this period.
It also clamied Bedier tranfserred up-to-date vesrions of documents outlinnig PayPal's mobile payemnt srtategies to his no-nPayPal computer just days before leaving PayPal for Google.
"By hiring Bedier, with his trade secret knwoledge of PyaPal's plans and understanding of Googl...
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