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Two days ago, the New York Times reported on a lawsuit that was brought by California-based Cybersitter, claiming that two Chinese software companies had engaged in unfair competition, and misappropriated, or stolen, thousands of lines of the code contained in its proprietary software to develop Green Dam, a type of software designed to block users [...]
In Shiamili v. Real Estate Group of NY, Inc., an opinion issued by New York’s Appellate Division, First Department (which covers both New York and Bronx Counties), answered this question with an unequivocal ‘no’ – the internet services provider (or “interactive computer service) cannot be held liable for defamation (or unfair competition) unless the internet [...]
I came across earlier this evening entitled “Report: Business Risk of Fraud, Corruption Up Amid Economic Crisis,” which, true to its title, squarely blames the global economic recession for an uptick in employee theft, corruption and dishonesty in the business environment. A careful reading of the article reveals that the holes in the argument advanced [...]
A trade secret theft lawsuit that was recently filed in upstate New York by the Price Chopper chain store illustrates rather vividly how having your small business’s trade secrets – in this case pricing information – can dramatically impact your bottom line. In its initial suit papers, Price Chopper claims that competitor Giant Market would have someone [...]
On May 21, a Texas jury rendered a verdict against software giant Microsoft, and awarded a relatively small Canadian software company $200 million after finding that Microsoft had infringed on i4i’s proprietary technology. And this isn’t even the first time this year that a jury has found in favor of a much smaller business in [...]
Earlier this week, a Texas jury dismissed a software company’s lawsuit against Sun Microsystems which sought damages in the amount of $100 million. In the lawsuit, the software company alleged that after Sun had initially contracted with them to jointly develop certain software, Sun decided about 3 years later that they wanted to go with a different vendor, and transferred [...]
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