Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: "He said they examined the powder with a mass spec in violation of > agreements with Rossi, and without Rossi's knowledge" > > Agreements made in a joint venture are null and void after the partnership > is terminated by the principle party(Rossi) on any information producing > activity that occurs after the partnership is terminated. >
This is industrial espionage. It is never okay in the U.S. It is theft of trade secrets. If they purchased a unit and reverse engineered it, that would be okay, unless they signed an agreement not to do that. But when he lends them a machine under a contract that specifies they cannot do that, it is theft. I am pretty sure of that. Software vendors all have you click on an agreement not to decompile the object code or otherwise analyze the program. I doubt such "agreements" would stand up on court. Anyway, he says he never gave them a cell, and they did not actually steal the technique, since their machines do not work, so it is a moot point. - Jed
