“Non-competes put the brakes on innovation and job creation, and the effects are felt far beyond the VC community … Employer non-compete agreements are literally handcuffs. We need to ask whether their impediments to innovation serve a greater good by protecting employers’ legitimate rights.”

Bijan Sabet has some interesting thoughts on non-competition agreements. While I can see his logic, I would be concerned that corporate espionage could almost become the standard if employees were allowed to start directly competing companies as soon as they leave their old employers. Article on GigaOM, here. Via Bijan Sabet’s tumblelog, here, and Rojo, here.

Posted Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 @ 12:38 am
Filed in business and productivity, copyright and drm, science and tech

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