Trade Secrets: Google Sued

Some news showing that anyone can be a defendant and any can be a plaintiff in a trade secrets case. This is from dBTechno: Google Sued By Start-Up Over E-Mail Switching Tool.

"Washington (dbTechno) - Google has been sued by a Chicago start-up company named LimitNone. The two-count lawsuit is over a tool called Google E-Mail Uploader.

The two-count lawsuit states that Google misappropriated trade secrets, and also violated consumer fraud laws in the state of Illinois."

The article does not explain how a transaction between two business violates Illinois consumer fraud statutes.