On Friday, the two companies have to go to court to resolve the Kai-Fu Lee case, a former Microsoft employee that was hired by Google.

First started at the California state court and then moved to the federal court the lawsuit was filed by Microsoft because Google hired Lee in its Chinese division, motivating that an agreement signed when he joined Microsoft was violated.

The hearing is scheduled Friday in the federal court of San Jose - California, where Google wants the case to be settled, but Microsoft wants the case ended in Washington because here, a judge already banned Kai-Fu Lee in executing his duties until a final resolution.

Google wants no trial and Lee’s contract to be approved so he could start his work, and Microsoft wants to dismiss or transfer the Google’s suit. The decision has to be taken by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte.

Microsoft offered to settle the suits with Google after Washington court issued the preliminary injunction. Google has not responded to the offer, which asks the company to limit Lee’s duties until the noncompete agreement expires in July.

Asked about Kai-Fu Lee, the two sides have different descriptions of Lee’s professional profile. Microsoft says he was an executive with a vital role in the company’s search and China strategies, while Google says about him that is “not a search expert” and was peripheral to Microsoft’s business in China.