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I'm not quite sure I follow. In my case, the competitor's product is unseeable unless you get a demo or are a subscriber. So I don't even know what it does (f
by z9znz 4y ago
I'm not quite sure I follow.
In my case, the competitor's product is unseeable unless you get a demo or are a subscriber. So I don't even know what it does (from a UI perspective). I have ideas just based on my understanding of one client's needs.
This is not about code. This would just be like getting temporary access as a user to see a software product, as if you were a subscriber.
- stop50 4y agoThey can argue that what you did violated their copyright. The wikipedia article explains it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design
- kazinator 4y agoThat sort of thing will happen no matter what. Microsoft Windows didn't have any Apple Mac code in it; yet in 1988 or so, Apple perpetrated a look-and-feel lawsuit against Microsoft (and lost). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Micros.... You can hardly write a program to do anything without infringing on multiple patents.