Infoflows sued Corbis for trade-secret mis-appropriation, breach of contract, bad-faith dealings.
InfoFlows, a Washington-state software company founded by Steve Stone, developed a digital-asset / license-management system (sometimes referenced as “Fedmark” or “JazzSpider”).
Corbis (founded by Bill Gates in 1989) is a major digital-image/licensing business.
In late 2005/early 2006 InfoFlows and Corbis entered into a development agreement: InfoFlows would build a system for Corbis to track/manage licensed and unlicensed uses of Corbis’ image repository.
InfoFlows claims that while Corbis was working with InfoFlows, Corbis secretly filed a patent application covering a system that in InfoFlows’ view drew on InfoFlows’ proprietary tech. InfoFlows says Corbis then terminated the contract and claimed ownership of the technology.
Corbis (founded by Bill Gates in 1989) is a major digital-image/licensing business.
In late 2005/early 2006 InfoFlows and Corbis entered into a development agreement: InfoFlows would build a system for Corbis to track/manage licensed and unlicensed uses of Corbis’ image repository.
InfoFlows claims that while Corbis was working with InfoFlows, Corbis secretly filed a patent application covering a system that in InfoFlows’ view drew on InfoFlows’ proprietary tech. InfoFlows says Corbis then terminated the contract and claimed ownership of the technology.