But those who did, like spreadsheet inventor Dan Bricklin, found a large market for their innovations.

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Chery eventually dumped Bricklin in favor of Chrysler, and even Bricklin admits it was a logical decision.

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Separately, it also signed a deal with the Ofer Group, an Israeli company that Bricklin had introduced to Chery executives.

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By 2006, the employee and Chery began discussing scenarios to cut Bricklin out of the deal and replace him with others.

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By 2004, Bricklin had turned his attention to importing cars from China.

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Chery sprang to prominence recently amid a well-publicized plan by entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin to export 250, 000 Chery-built luxury cars to the United States.

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Dan Bricklin created the first spreadsheet program, VisiCalc, in 1979.

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Chery, the suit contends, cut Bricklin out of their highly publicized joint venture and instead leveraged that partnership to make deals with two other North American partners, notably Chrysler.

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Maybe Bricklin is in that category.

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