LimitNone, a small software-development company, is seeking nearly $1bn (£508m) in damages in a lawsuit that accuses Google of reneging on a partnership with the company and misappropriating its trade secrets for the Google Apps online service. Specifically, the suit concerns LimitNone software called gMove that is designed to let people move email, contacts and calendar information stored in Microsoft Outlook to Google"s online service.
The lawsuit states Google initially helped LimitNone develop, promote and sell the product, assuring LimitNone that it wouldn"t offer a competing product, but then reversed course by giving away its own tool, Google Email Uploader, to premier-level Google Apps customers.