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Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by aaaaaaaaaaa10 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:35PM (#37422575)
This would require millions in legal fees.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by jacquesm on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:40PM (#37422660)
Not it won't. If it is an outright copy (that's relatively easy to prove) you can have an injunction issued, besides that the bad press alone might get them to back off. I've brought a lawsuit like that and won << $100K.
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by aaaaaaaaaaa10 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:45PM (#37422743)
How many hours in legal fees did you pay for your attorneys?
Re:YC company copied our product, what can we do? by jacquesm on Thursday September 07, 2023 @01:52PM (#37422846)
A few hundred in total. What helped is that they actually did copy text verbatim, so it was very easy to prove. Their defense: they stole it but not from us... go figure. Needless to say that didn't land very well with the judge.