engine - 5:56 pm on Feb 18, 2008 (gmt 0)

A former Google contractor is suing the company for allegedly stealing from him the idea for the Sky layer in Google Earth. Jonathan Cobb claims in his suit that he disclosed the idea for a Google Sky idea in internal e-mail discussion groups when he worked at Google as a contractor beginning in 2006.

Lawsuit Claims Google Stole Earth Sky Layer [news.com]