Volagi attorney Charles Smith argued that Specialized had brought the suit to stifle competition. Smith argued, using a section of the California labor code, that as long as employees are dutiful to their employers, they are free to work on other projects on their own time. In a direct rebuke to Sinyard’s claim on the stand of being the “Apple Computer of bicycles,” Smith completed his statements with the words, “Mike Sinyard, you are no Steve Jobs.”