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> we've seen a close competitor sign up for our SaaS service (using email addresses and names that clearly identify who they are)...

In general it's for sure very nice that a company doesn't try to hide its identity when having a look at the competition.

But maybe I'm being (again) too naive?

Question: might the use of official email addresses signal some prep work to prosecute (e.g. for a potential patent infringement)? Something like "this screenshot shows myself on behalf of company X being logged in on Y at W using functionality Z which is actually copyrighted by company X".

Just purely asking - maybe I have become too careful/suspicious of everything hehe :P




Logging all of their interactions is probably a good idea in case you do need to lawyer up




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