The interesting thing in this case is that the person has never written down the idea in full. He says he has a solution, and maybe it will work, but I think you will find that the courts will not compel anyone to disclose an idea that is still in their head.

Of course, once its written down then its intellectual property and that is a different matter.

The stupidity of Alcatel DSC and similar firms is that no one with any brains is going to work there. They sound like complete shitheels.