Motorola, whose loss making mobile phone division is being split from the main company in an effort to save it from sinking entirely, is suing former Motorola executive Michael Fenger for allegedly helping Apple to further the success of the iPhone. Fenger is now VP of Apple's global iPhone sales, and according to Motorola, he allegedly gave Apple corporate secrets from Motorola, secrets which were presumably built up by the company after years of selling mobile phones.

However, as tenuous lawsuits go, this one takes some beating. If the secrets were so sensitive that they helped Apple sell more phones than the competition, why didn't Motorola actually use them so it too could sell more phones, rather than sit back and watch as its market share and profits took a sickening slide into oblivion?!

If there's a phone company out there who's been less clueless than Motorola in selling phones in the past few years, I haven't seen them! As secrets go, I can't imagine they're ones that anyone would be desperate to get their hands on!

Picture the trial, with the prosecution alleging that Fenger actively gave away the secrets of Motorola's success.

The defence then steps forward, and enquires as to the value these secrets actually brought Motorola in the past 18 months.

"Minus $1.6 billion!" answers the prosecution.

Case dismissed!!

[Source: Electronista]