Iconix sues founders of photo site RockYou — wins first round
(Update: There appears to be a settlement).
A U.S. district court judge has issued a preliminary ruling favoring Iconix in a suit alleging two of its former employees committed intellectual property theft in forming photo slideshow site, RockYou.
Iconix apparently nailed them by archiving their IM conversations.
PE Week’s Alexander Haislip has done the reporting (link is here, but it is subscription only), and digs up the details from the complaint. Here’s our earlier story on RockYou, about… Continue Reading