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So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed) which was explicitly accepted.

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Proving that someone from company A talked to company B (although they have common shareholders) is the difficult part.

Do I have a case?

So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed).

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Proving that someone from company A talked to company B (although they have common shareholders) is the difficult part.

Do I have a case?

So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed) which was explicitly accepted.

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Proving that someone from company A talked to company B (although they have common shareholders) is the difficult part.

Do I have a case?

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So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed).

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Proving that someone from company A talked to company B (although they have common shareholders) is the difficult part.

Do I have a case?

So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed).

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Do I have a case?

So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed).

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Proving that someone from company A talked to company B (although they have common shareholders) is the difficult part.

Do I have a case?

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arisalexis
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Email commitment possibly broken by big company

So here is the story:

I email company A asking for a specific service they provide. They tell me to describe my idea and I ask explicitly for confidentiality (but not NDA just expressed).

Company A is in USA, California.

They have an internal discussion and they decide that they do not want to provide me with the service because they are not sure if their investors/partners would be happy with it (very vague explanation).

After 3 months, company B launches an effective replica of the core of my idea. Company B is owned by people that are investors in company A. Company B's product now uses the service that was denied to me by company A. Company B is sold for a 9 figure amount one year after to a much bigger company.

Do I have a case?