Company A sells their social networking script (no resell) to companies B,C, and D. Then company A sells full copyrights to company Z. Company Z finds another company "M" is selling a slightly modified version of the script. A used to work for M and declares in official arbitration that he held all the rights to the code when the sale to A took place. Z contacts M and M first demands A stole the script and is selling it illegally, then later states, that he did not steal it and even though the scripts seem the same they in fact are not. Z was satisfied with answer up until the time he notice every image in company M's script was an exact duplicate image, even the name, underscore location.. etc etc... and more matched with the code than you'd believe. Company M doesn't answer Z's emails anymore concerning this issue. What can company Z do to not "harass" company M, but yet get an answer on this? message me for links to company A,Z, or M examples. thanks
good question. I'd like to know the answer to that too.Does the new owner need to buy the rights or are they implied? All of this online business stuff is kind of scary to me.
The company seems like they are ignoring you and aren't going to answer. You could send them a certified letter demanding they they do whatever it is you want and that might get you a reply. Stating something in arbitration doesn't make it a fact - unless both parties have stipulated to it. Your situation is something that only an attorney could advise you on after going through all the details. A letter from an attorney can carry more weight, but it's going to cost you some money. Filing a lawsuit is going to be costly and only you can decide if enough money is at stake.