Ask HN: How to preserve evidence for future Intellectual Property trial?

1 points by mike128 5 years ago | 4 comments

I’m awaiting a trial against a company providing a SaaS product. The product is based on a source code of mine and the company is using it without a license and refusing to stop the use.

The court delays in my jurisdiction (in Europe) are reaching many months and I’m looking for ideas how can I record the fact that they are operating the product for the purpose of the trial. This could be important in case they shut the product down before the trial takes place. Such record would give me a base for the claim for compensation for the period of unlicensed use.

Not sure if the technology stack is important here but the code is mostly Ruby on Rails and React.

chris5745 5 years ago |

What intellectual property rights are you asserting? Did you consult with an attorney?

mike128 5 years ago | |

> What intellectual property rights are you asserting?

Not sure I understand the question correctly. As an author of the source code I hold the IP. I'm suing to stop the company from using my code and for compensation for the time they are using it without permission.

> Did you consult with an attorney?

Yes, the case is submitted to the court and awaiting a trial.

chris5745 5 years ago | | |

I can think of two forms of IP that might apply: copyright and patent. I was curious if either of those formed the basis for your claim, and if so, what your attorney might recommend for capturing evidence for your particular case.