Starwood Hotels is suing Hilton Hotels and two of its employees amid accusations of corporate espionage.
Do you think Hilton Hotels is guilty of wrongdoing? Did Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani give Hilton an unfair advantage in the rollout of the Denizen brand?
How common is this sort of inter-company corporate deception? Can it ever be prevented?
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Let us know what you think.
Apr 20, 2009 , United Arab Emirates
When an employee moves from one company to another,they secretly ensure data that benifits them moves with them, no matter what their contracts mention. Which is why IT security policies need to be followed to the last word.Most secure hotels disable USB/CD writing/ Floppy access,use features in ...
Apr 19, 2009 , United Arab Emirates
Agree with what's been said before but yes Bob intellectual copyright is every bit as solid as files, papers and discs. The problem is proving it. If Starwood can show that Denizen is based on info collated for the W brand, then Hilton has to be punished. On the other hand, you can't stop fair c...