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| Patrice Desilets, the creator of Assasins Creed and the subject of litigation. |
THQ recently found itself in hot water with Ubisoft after allegedly poaching Patrice Desilets, creator of renowned Assassins Creed series. Patrice had left Ubisoft earlier that year, and decided to defect to a THQ studio within the same city. Ubisoft then proceeded to take THQ to court, stopping THQ from pilfering more employees.
Well it seems the Quebec Appeals Court favoured THQ, overturning the injunction as the Ubisoft contract didn't contain a non-compete clause. The Press Release from THQ goes on to mention:
In reaching its decision, the Court of Appeal agreed with all of THQ's arguments and dismissed the lower Court decision on the grounds that THQ was not bound by any non-competition restrictions and was therefore free to solicit any Ubisoft employee, provided THQ's efforts did not amount to unfair competition.
Source: http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1640592&highlight
1 comments:
This makes me wounder, as with this gentel man leaveing ubisoft where dose this leave the assassins creed franchise?
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