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Meh, it has to be proven in court.

Those agreement are often scarecrows. They aren’t valid in california afaik, and surely they aren’t valid in most of european nations.



Being proven in court is all well and good until Google jams you up in the case for so long and costs you so much for lawyers they effectively torpedo your startup.

He's effectively banking that Google will be so big they won't notice - just like only working 1 hour per day.


Non-competes aren't enforceable, but IP agreements absolutely are.




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