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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by WaitWaitWha on Sunday August 28, 2022 @07:07PM (#32633012)
You mean where a technology was stolen then reproduced, impacting the inventing businesses? I ran a quick brave search and came up with a few articles about knock offs[0][1][2].

There are myriad of other examples, or different scenarios where an NDA or non-compete failed, and another company just puts out a product faster and cheaper. Happens with software, hardware, and of course business processes.

[0] https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amusing-knockoffs-popular-tech...

[1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/alannaokun/30-knockoff-products-tha...

[2] https://www.liveabout.com/hilarious-knock-off-brands-4767601

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Re:Ask HN: How much info should founders share with early st... by Ken_At_EM on Sunday August 28, 2022 @10:10PM (#32634118)
I see a bunch of probably unsuccessful knock offs.

I don’t see any out there that indicates they beat the original idea to the market by way of breached NDA or non-compete.

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