An answer from a guy ' Matthew Kane' at Quora - http://www.quora.com/Startups/Copying-an-acquired-closed-Startup-Need-Advice http://www.quora.com/Startups/Co

An answer from a guy ' Matthew Kane' at Quora - http://www.quora.com/Startups/Copying-an-acquired-closed-Startup-Need-Advice http://www.quora.com/Startups/Copying-an-acquired-closed-Sta... "My advice would be to reach out to the team who had the startup which was acquired and get their feedback. They will be able to tell you if what you are doing is worth pursuing, if there is still a need in the market, if there are any legal/IP issues etc. I wouldn't waste anymore time on the project until you have spoken to them. They should be more than happy to help especially considering they already have exited their investment and are locked up at Google"