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Zynga, the company that has long been accused of stealing other companies’ game concepts and adding the word “Ville” to them, is now accusing a former employee of stealing ideas from them. On October 12, social gaming company Zynga filed a complaint in a San Francisco court against Alan Patmore, the company’s former general manager for the CityVille game, alleging that he stole trade secrets from the company before going to work for competitor Kixeye.

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