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6answers
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Can you be sued by a competitor simply for looking at their website?

I have been working on a SaaS product for about a year and a half (on and off, among other projects). Lately I have gotten serious about the product. While doing a routine evaluation of competitors ...
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5answers
435 views

Running an aggressive promotion against a competing product

We want to run a promotion on our website. In the promotion, if someone can provide us proof of purchase of a competitor's software license, we will give them a free software license of our product. ...
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1answer
163 views

How to get permission/integrate with ERP legally?

I created my own product(P) which is pretty much standalone but would benefit a LOT if it integrates with existing ERP package(ERP). Integration can be done 2 ways: read only where I pull data from ...
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6answers
5k views

Is there a patent on Groupon.com?

I am thinking about starting a niche collective buying website in the US that is similar to Groupon.com Is Groupon patented? Is it legal to create a competitor website?
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3answers
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Working with competitor until launch

I am currently generating the majority of my income from providing freelance support, development and consultancy time to users of another companies software product. I work directly with companies ...