Company A has the FULL rights to sue Company B for "Tviat Dibah" and can ask for potential damages money from Company B - if Company B doesn't show any proof with a certain time frame.
IANAL, but as far as I know, libel suits have different prerequisites in different countries, making it easier in some countries to file such suits, and difficult in other countries.
I think in the USA the law requires you not only to prove that company B is not telling the truth about you. You also have to positively prove that it knows that what it says is not true and has malicious intent in perpetrating the rumour. That is, that they are not simply mistaken or misled.
This part normally buries libel suits, unless you can actually come up with some internal memo in company B saying "Company A is our next target. Let's sell the public some crap, nobody will ever know we're lying". If you do, you hit the jackpot. Otherwise, even if you absolutely prove that all your sources are vestal virgins and marvels of originality, company B can always say "I had reason to believe, because of the similarity, because of your access to our resources, that this was true. Sorry if I was wrong, can't blame someone for making a genuine mistake", and they are scot free.
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