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Unless they literally stole your code, or had access to privileged information from your YC application or something, I doubt there is much you can do. It's not
by mindcrime 3y ago
Unless they literally stole your code, or had access to privileged information from your YC application or something, I doubt there is much you can do. It's not illegal to enter the same business as an existing company, or even to make an app that does the exact same thing. Where it starts to get iffy is when you start talking about people literally copying your HTML/CSS or what-not. Is that the case here? If so, call a lawyer. If not, ignore them and just execute better.
- jacquesm 3y agoMarketing copy and sales documentation is also copyrighted.
- mindcrime 3y agoMarketing copy and sales documentation is also copyrighted. Yes, that's why I said: Where it starts to get iffy is when you start talking about people literally copying your HTML/CSS or what-not. Is that the case here? If so, call a lawyer. where "or what-not" is short-hand for the exhaustive list of "things that can be copied" that I had neither the time not the inclination to list out explicitly.
- jacquesm 3y agoNp, think of it as an enhancement, not in opposition. Your point was very valid. And it's exactly that kind of stuff that won me a lawsuit (15 lines of fairly unique Javascript exploiting a long lived bug in Explorer and Netscape to deliver streaming video to the browser without a plug-in).