<p>NetApp 指控其前高级副总裁兼首席技术官在仍在公司任职期间秘密建立一个竞争的云控制平台，导致紧急法律行动。</p>
<p>该诉讼于 11 月 6 日在佛罗里达中区美国地方法院提起，指控 Jón Thorgrímur Stefánsson 在公司工作的最后几个月悄悄为一个竞争业务铺路，窃取机密信息并试图招募同事，随后在 2025 年 9 月将其初创公司出售给竞争对手 VAST Data。</p>
<p>根据诉状 [PDF]，Stefánsson 在 NetApp 工作了八年，并在其云数据管理技术栈的开发中发挥了 “核心作用”。法庭文件称，他帮助构建了 NetApp 的 “云数据管理技术的高级服务交付引擎，包括其云控制平面”，并 “直接参与了 NetApp 第一方、云原生存储产品与主要超大规模云服务商的开发和集成。”</p>
<p>由于担任该角色，公司表示他享有对其最敏感内部材料的 “广泛访问”，包括专有创新和战略商业关系。</p>
<p>NetApp 认为，这种访问伴随着责任，指出 Stefánsson 在一份雇佣协议中承诺不参与冲突的商业活动，离职后至少一年内不招揽 NetApp 员工或合作伙伴，并不披露或滥用公司的机密信息。诉状称，这些义务中的每一项都被违反。</p>
<p>Stefánsson 于 6 月 27 日离开 NetApp。在一周内，他成立了一家名为 Red Stapler 的新公司，十周后，NetApp 的直接竞争对手 VAST Data 收购了这家初创公司，并任命 Stefánsson 为其云解决方案的总经理。</p>
<p>NetApp 表示，仅时间线就足以支持其主张。诉状中指出，公司 “并不相信 Red Stapler 在不到十周的时间内开发出自己的云控制平面和交付平台。” 相反，NetApp 认为 VAST 购买的产品实际上是其自己的技术——公司 “花费了数年和数千万美元进行开发。”</p>
<p>法庭文件列出了 NetApp 认为支持这一观点的三项证据。首先，公司表示发现了一名前 NetApp 员工（现为 VAST 董事会成员）发来的短信，表明 Stefánsson 在离职前几个月已经同意加入 VAST。其次，公司表示发现了 Stefánsson 在离职前讨论挖角 NetApp 员工的消息。第三，公司指出一个名为 “redstapler-is” 的共享 GitHub 账户，认为这表明在 Stefánsson 仍在 NetApp 任职期间，设计和开发活动正在进行。</p>
<p>NetApp 声称，综合考虑这些证据，显示 Stefánsson 在公司任职期间 “代表其他实体开发技术和/或源代码并进行创新”。诉状进一步指出，存在 “真实且迫在眉睫的威胁”，他可能利用 NetApp 的商业秘密为 VAST 提供竞争产品的捷径，可能损害现有合作关系并破坏多年的内部研究。</p>
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<p>根据文件，NetApp 在发现涉嫌活动后不久就向 Stefánsson 发送了停止和停止信函。公司表示，他没有遵守，而是离开美国前往冰岛，促使其向法院寻求紧急救济。该请求获得成功。法官授予了一项临时限制令，禁止 Stefánsson 使用 NetApp 的专有材料，参与与他在公司任职期间开发的产品或软件相关的任何工作，招揽 NetApp 的商业伙伴，或销毁或处理与案件相关的文件。</p>
<p>临时命令将于 11 月 26 日到期，NetApp 表示打算争取将其转为初步禁令。如果获得批准，将在诉讼期间延长限制。</p>
<p>诉状没有详细说明如何首次发现涉嫌行为，但文件认为，从 Stefánsson 辞职到 Red Stapler 出售的 “压缩时间线” 不言自明。目前唯一可以确定的是，争议已从内部人力资源警报升级为全面的联邦诉讼，NetApp 寻求关闭其声称的知识产权非法流入竞争对手产品路线图的渠道。</p>
<p>随着限制令临近 11 月 26 日到期，下一次听证会将决定法院是否同意 NetApp 面临的风险足够紧急，以便长期保持 Stefánsson 的法律禁令。®</p>

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<p>NetApp 已对其前首席技术官 Jón Thorgrímur Stefánsson 提起诉讼，指控他在仍然受雇期间秘密开发竞争云平台，并将其出售给 VAST Data。诉讼称 Stefánsson 违反了他的雇佣协议，利用了机密信息并招募同事。法院已授予临时限制令，NetApp 寻求初步禁令以在诉讼期间延长限制</p>

<p>NetApp has accused its former senior vice president and CTO of secretly building a rival cloud control platform while still on its payroll, triggering an urgent legal scramble.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>NetApp 指控其前高级副总裁兼首席技术官在仍在公司任职期间秘密建立一个竞争的云控制平台，导致紧急法律行动。</p>
</div><p>The lawsuit, filed on November 6 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleges that Jón Thorgrímur Stefánsson spent his final months at the company quietly laying the groundwork for a competing business, siphoning off confidential information and attempting to recruit colleagues before selling his startup to rival VAST Data in September 2025.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>该诉讼于 11 月 6 日在佛罗里达中区美国地方法院提起，指控 Jón Thorgrímur Stefánsson 在公司工作的最后几个月悄悄为一个竞争业务铺路，窃取机密信息并试图招募同事，随后在 2025 年 9 月将其初创公司出售给竞争对手 VAST Data。</p>
</div><p>According to the complaint [PDF], Stefánsson spent eight years at NetApp and played a &#34;central part&#34; in the development of its cloud data management stack. Court documents say that he helped build NetApp's &#34;advanced service delivery engines for cloud data management technologies, including its cloud control plane,&#34; and was &#34;directly involved in the development and integration of NetApp's first-party, cloud-native storage products with the major hyperscalers.&#34;</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据诉状 [PDF]，Stefánsson 在 NetApp 工作了八年，并在其云数据管理技术栈的开发中发挥了 “核心作用”。法庭文件称，他帮助构建了 NetApp 的 “云数据管理技术的高级服务交付引擎，包括其云控制平面”，并 “直接参与了 NetApp 第一方、云原生存储产品与主要超大规模云服务商的开发和集成。”</p>
</div><p>Because of that role, the company says he enjoyed &#34;wide-ranging access&#34; to its most sensitive internal material, from proprietary innovations to strategic business relationships.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>由于担任该角色，公司表示他享有对其最敏感内部材料的 “广泛访问”，包括专有创新和战略商业关系。</p>
</div><p>NetApp argues that access came with responsibilities, pointing to an employment agreement in which Stefánsson pledged not to engage in conflicting commercial ventures, not to solicit NetApp staff or partners for at least a year after leaving, and not to disclose or misuse the company's confidential information. The complaint says every one of those obligations was breached.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>NetApp 认为，这种访问伴随着责任，指出 Stefánsson 在一份雇佣协议中承诺不参与冲突的商业活动，离职后至少一年内不招揽 NetApp 员工或合作伙伴，并不披露或滥用公司的机密信息。诉状称，这些义务中的每一项都被违反。</p>
</div><p>Stefánsson departed NetApp on June 27. Within a week, he incorporated a new outfit called Red Stapler, and ten weeks after that, VAST Data – one of NetApp's direct competitors – acquired the fledgling company and appointed Stefánsson as its general manager of cloud solutions.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Stefánsson 于 6 月 27 日离开 NetApp。在一周内，他成立了一家名为 Red Stapler 的新公司，十周后，NetApp 的直接竞争对手 VAST Data 收购了这家初创公司，并任命 Stefánsson 为其云解决方案的总经理。</p>
</div><p>NetApp says the timeline alone makes its case. As the complaint puts it, the company &#34;does not believe that Red Stapler developed its own cloud control plane and delivery platform in under ten weeks.&#34; Instead, NetApp contends the products VAST bought were effectively its own – technology it &#34;spent years and tens of millions of dollars developing.&#34;</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>NetApp 表示，仅时间线就足以支持其主张。诉状中指出，公司 “并不相信 Red Stapler 在不到十周的时间内开发出自己的云控制平面和交付平台。” 相反，NetApp 认为 VAST 购买的产品实际上是其自己的技术——公司 “花费了数年和数千万美元进行开发。”</p>
</div><p>Court filings outline three pieces of evidence NetApp says support that view. First, the company says it discovered text messages from a former NetApp employee – now on VAST's board of directors – indicating that Stefánsson had already agreed to join VAST in January, months before his departure. Second, the company says it found messages in which Stefánsson discussed poaching NetApp employees ahead of his exit. Third, the company points to a shared GitHub account named &#34;redstapler-is,&#34; which it argues shows design and development activity was underway while Stefánsson still held his post inside NetApp.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>法庭文件列出了 NetApp 认为支持这一观点的三项证据。首先，公司表示发现了一名前 NetApp 员工（现为 VAST 董事会成员）发来的短信，表明 Stefánsson 在离职前几个月已经同意加入 VAST。其次，公司表示发现了 Stefánsson 在离职前讨论挖角 NetApp 员工的消息。第三，公司指出一个名为 “redstapler-is” 的共享 GitHub 账户，认为这表明在 Stefánsson 仍在 NetApp 任职期间，设计和开发活动正在进行。</p>
</div><p>&#34;Considered together,&#34; NetApp claims, these pieces show that Stefánsson was &#34;developing technology and/or source code and innovating on behalf of another entity&#34; while employed at the company. The complaint goes on to argue that there is a &#34;real and immediate threat&#34; that he could use NetApp's trade secrets to give VAST a shortcut to a competing product, potentially damaging existing partnerships and undermining years of internal research.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>NetApp 声称，综合考虑这些证据，显示 Stefánsson 在公司任职期间 “代表其他实体开发技术和/或源代码并进行创新”。诉状进一步指出，存在 “真实且迫在眉睫的威胁”，他可能利用 NetApp 的商业秘密为 VAST 提供竞争产品的捷径，可能损害现有合作关系并破坏多年的内部研究。</p>
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<div class="lb-trans"><ul>
<li>惠普以仅 400 万美元和解虚假折扣诉讼。不要指望获得太多赔偿</li>
<li>甲骨文面临德克萨斯州规模的诉讼，因涉嫌云服务故障和沉默不语</li>
<li>3.8 亿美元的诉讼称，入侵者仅通过询问就从 Cognizant 获取了 Clorox 的密码</li>
<li>Suetopia：生成式 AI 正等待成为您业务的诉讼</li>
</ul>
</div><p>According to the filings, NetApp sent Stefánsson cease-and-desist letters shortly after discovering the alleged activity. The company says that rather than comply, he left the United States for Iceland, prompting it to seek emergency relief from the court. That request was successful. A judge granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting Stefánsson from using NetApp's proprietary material, engaging in any work related to products or software he developed while employed there, soliciting NetApp business partners, or destroying or disposing of documents relevant to the case.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据文件，NetApp 在发现涉嫌活动后不久就向 Stefánsson 发送了停止和停止信函。公司表示，他没有遵守，而是离开美国前往冰岛，促使其向法院寻求紧急救济。该请求获得成功。法官授予了一项临时限制令，禁止 Stefánsson 使用 NetApp 的专有材料，参与与他在公司任职期间开发的产品或软件相关的任何工作，招揽 NetApp 的商业伙伴，或销毁或处理与案件相关的文件。</p>
</div><p>The temporary order is set to expire on November 26, and NetApp says it intends to argue for it to be converted into a preliminary injunction. If granted, that would extend the restrictions through the duration of the litigation.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>临时命令将于 11 月 26 日到期，NetApp 表示打算争取将其转为初步禁令。如果获得批准，将在诉讼期间延长限制。</p>
</div><p>The complaint does not spell out how the alleged conduct was first uncovered, but the filings argue that the &#34;compressed timeline&#34; from Stefánsson's resignation to Red Stapler's sale speaks for itself. For now, the only certainty is that the dispute has escalated from internal HR alarms to full-blown federal litigation, with NetApp seeking to shut down what it claims is an illicit pipeline of its intellectual property into a competitor's product roadmap.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>诉状没有详细说明如何首次发现涉嫌行为，但文件认为，从 Stefánsson 辞职到 Red Stapler 出售的 “压缩时间线” 不言自明。目前唯一可以确定的是，争议已从内部人力资源警报升级为全面的联邦诉讼，NetApp 寻求关闭其声称的知识产权非法流入竞争对手产品路线图的渠道。</p>
</div><p>As the restraining order ticks toward its November 26 expiration date, the next hearing will determine whether the court agrees that the risk to NetApp is urgent enough to warrant keeping Stefánsson on legal ice for the long haul. ®</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>随着限制令临近 11 月 26 日到期，下一次听证会将决定法院是否同意 NetApp 面临的风险足够紧急，以便长期保持 Stefánsson 的法律禁令。®</p>
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网域存储技术声称其前首席技术官建立了一个秘密的云平台，并将其出售给 VAST Data