Archive for January, 2011
Zynga and CrowdStar, copying or coincidence?
Social network games have burst onto the Internet with amazing speed and popularity. There’s a lot of money to be made and a lot of users to capture. There’s also a lot of copying going on. Some of that copying is legitimate and some is infringement. Our Online IP Screening Service found code in common between Zynga’s FarmVille and CrowdStar’s Happy Aquarium game. Was is illicit, perfectly allowed, or just coincidence
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on January 2nd, 2011.
Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, infringement, intellectual property, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, trade secret
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SAFE introduces CodeSuite-LT
Sometimes a full-course meal is more than you need, have time for, or are willing to pay for. Sometimes fast food just hits the spot. That’s why we’re introducing CodeSuite-LT, a lower priced version of CodeSuite with most of the functionality at much lower cost.
Posted By: Bob Zeidman in General on January 2nd, 2011.
Tags: copyright, copyright infringement, expert witness, forensic engineering, infringement, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, object code, reverse engineering, software, software analysis, software plagiarism, source code, theft, trade secret, trade secret theft
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