São Paulo · Brazil
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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing
Protect a domain, app or software from misuse
Someone abroad is copying or misusing our software. What can we do?
WONE Global uses app store and hosting complaints, legal notices and court action where the copying happens.
Countries in the typical case Australia · Indonesia
The situation
What is happening
Your software or app is cloned, scraped or misused abroad.
What is at stake
Copies take customers and revenue and can damage trust in the real product.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Mid-sized companies
- Founders and growing companies
A scenario
SaaS companyFounder-led company · from Australia · in Indonesia
It finds a cloned version of its product sold in Indonesia.
Where it ends The clone taken down.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Cloned app”“Software piracy abroad”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global uses app store and hosting complaints, legal notices and court action where the copying happens.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Technology, Data & Cyber and Disputes & Resolution.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1Evidence.
- Week 1App store complaints.
- Weeks 2-6Legal action.
- ThenMonitoring.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Copyright, database and contract remedies
- 02App store and hosting complaints
- 03Court action where assets exist
Outcomes
What you receive
- A rights assessment
- Takedowns and notices
- Enforcement action
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Australiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Indonesiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →
São Paulo · Brazil
Kraków · Poland
Johannesburg · South Africa
Kampala · Uganda
Tel Aviv · IsraelWONE Global Partner · Israel
Karin Horev
Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…
Palermo · ArgentinaWONE Global Partner · Argentina
Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari
She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation\'s judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid care…
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Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
- Australia ↔ Southeast Asia · researched journeyAn Australian company sets up its regional hub in SingaporeRead the journey →
- Corporation · from South Korea · in Germany, France, PolandIt wants protection before licensing to European partners.How WONE Global handles it →
- Mid-sized company · from Germany · in VietnamIt is licensing its process technology to a Vietnamese manufacturer and worries about copying and under-reported royalties.How WONE Global handles it →
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