Apple Online Store“Hewlett-Packard Co. sued former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd a day after he was named co-president of rival Oracle Corp., according to people familiar with the matter,” Robert A. Guth and Ben Worthen report for The Wall Street Journal.

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“The suit was filed in Superior Court of California in Santa Clara, according to the people familiar with the matter,” Guth and Worthen report. “The contents of the suit weren’t clear but a person familiar with the suit said it centered around a confidentiality provision in Mr. Hurd’s exit agreement from H-P.”

Guth and Worthen report, “‘Mark Hurd agreed to and signed agreements designed to protect H-P’s trade secrets and confidential information,’ an H-P spokeswoman said. ‘H-P intends to enforce those agreements.’”

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MacDailyNews Take: For HP’s next CEO, we hereby officially nominate Mark Papermaster.

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