世界第2大手机制造商摩托罗拉日前对该公司前总裁兼首席运营官迈克·扎菲洛夫斯基提起诉讼，称扎菲洛夫斯基接受加拿大北电网络公司高级职位，违背了当年与摩托罗拉签署的相关协议。 　

    据美联社10月20日报道，摩托罗拉在诉讼中称，扎菲洛夫斯基接受北电网络公司的任职将最终导致摩托罗拉公司的商业机密被泄露或使用。摩托罗拉要求法庭裁决，禁止扎菲洛夫斯基两年内为北电服务，禁止他招募摩托罗拉员工，使用或披露摩托罗拉的机密资料。摩托罗拉的诉状没有将北电列为被告。

    北电公司在一份声明中称“有意与摩托罗拉就解决分歧进行谈判”，但北电发言人弗农拒绝回答公司声明以外的任何问题。摩托罗拉的发言人韦罗克说：“我们将认真对待发生的事情，摩托罗拉将为维护公司利益采取必要的行动。”

    报道说，扎菲洛夫斯基的职业生涯于1975年开始于通用电气。他于2000年加盟摩托罗拉并在2002年出任摩托罗拉总裁兼首席运营官。在2003年摩托罗拉的首席执行官格里斯退休时，扎菲洛夫斯基曾被认为是首席执行官的热门人选，但董事会最终选择了前美国太阳微系统公司总裁桑德尔。今年1月，扎菲洛夫斯基离开摩托罗拉。

    北电网络公司日前任命扎菲洛夫斯基接替欧文斯担任公司的总裁兼首席执行官。任命从11月15日正式生效。

    Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 maker of mobile phones, has brought suit against its former president, accusing him of breaching noncompete agreements with the company by accepting the top job at Nortel Networks Corp.

    The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state court in Chicago, alleges that Mike Zafirovski's new job at the Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker will mean the use or disclosure of Motorola's trade secrets.

    Zafirovski, who left Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola in January after being passed over for the top job there, is to assume the Nortel post on Nov. 15. Nortel, which is based in Brampton, Ontario, was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

    In a statement, Nortel said it and Zafirovski are reviewing the lawsuit and "intend to pursue discussions with Motorola with a view to resolving the dispute."

    The lawsuit seeks to stop Zafirovski, 51, from working for Nortel for two years, keep him from hiring Motorola employees and prevent him from disclosing confidential information about Motorola.

    "We take these matters seriously and Motorola will do what's necessary to protect the company," company spokeswoman Jennifer Weyrauch said.

    The lawsuit alleges Zafirovski accepted the Nortel post "despite being paid millions of dollars in cash, stock and stock options in exchange for Zafirovski's simple agreement not to take a position with a competitor during the two years following his departure" from Motorola. Zafirovski was paid "well over $30 million" in cash, stock and options in exchange for his noncompete agreements, the lawsuit says.

    "On no less than eight separate occasions" while a Motorola employee, Zafirovski agreed in writing to various noncompete agreements, according to the lawsuit.

    Motorola and Nortel both design, implement and deploy communications networks, according to the lawsuit, which claims Zafirovski "has no other communications industry knowledge and experience except for the trade secrets which he was provided by Motorola."

    Motorola called Zafirovski's actions "a serious threat" to its business.

    Zafirovski, who became president and chief operating officer of Motorola in 2002, helped engineer a turnaround at the cell-phone giant but left a little more than a year after former Sun Microsystems Inc. executive Ed Zander was picked for the top job.

    Before working at Motorola, Zafirovski spent 20 years in executive positions at General Electric Co., including as president-CEO of five of its subsidiaries.

    Zafirovski is replacing former U.S. admiral Bill Owens as Nortel's CEO.