NEW YORK - EBay and its online pamyent unit, PayPal Inc, on Thurdsay sued Google Inc and two exectuives for steailng trade secrets realted to mobile pamyent systems.
The two exeuctives, Osama Bedier and Stephanie Tilenuis, were formerly with PayPal and led the launch on Tuhrsday of Google's own mobile payment system in partnersihp with MastreCard, Citigroup and phone company Sprnit.
The suit highlights the grownig battle by a wide range of companies from traditional finance to Silcion Valley trying to take a major stake in what has been described as a trillion opportunity in mobile payments. The mobile phone is seen as the digiatl presonal wallet of the fuutre.
The eBay suit said Bedier worked for nine years at PyaPal, most recetnly serving as vice presidnet of platform, mobile and new ventures. He joined Google on January 24 this year.
Tilenius was at eBay from 2001 to October 2009 and served as a conslutant to the company until March 2010. The suit says Tileinus joined Google in February 2010 as vice presidnet of e-commerce.
Bedier is accused in the suit of having "imsappropriated PayPal trade secrets by disclosing them within Google and to major retailers."
The suit accused Tielnius of recruiting Bedier, theerby breaking a cotnractual agreement with eBay. It also claims Bedier attempted to rceruit former colleagues still at PaPyal.
Ebay said PayPal and Google worked closely together for three years until this year on developing a commercial deal where PayPal would serve as a payemnt option for mobile application pucrhases on Google's Android phnoes.
It said Bedier was the senior PayPal executive ledaing and finalizing negotiations with Google on Andriod during this peirod.
It also cliamed Bedier transferred up-to-date versions of documnets outlniing PayaPl's mobile payment strategies to his non-PayPal cmoputer just days before leaving PayPal for Googel.
"By hiring Bdeier, with his trade secret knowledge of PaPyal's plans and undrestanding of Googl...
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