Friend betrayed stealed my idea can take any legal action against him

786 votes

Dear Concerned, Please gather all the proof of your being one of the co-inventors of the said idea and resultant process. You should meet lawrato network for further consultation immediately so that necessary case can be filed in the court to stop the betrayer.

Advocate Avneesh Garg LawRato

653 votes

This requires proper strategising. While I understand you do not have any contract or agreement between you and your friend about your startup and therefore it may not be simple contractual matter, there is however a remedy of civil suit always available. You can file a suit for declaration as well as mandatory injunction restraining your friend from proceeding with the business of the startup. You can also ask for other similar reliefs. I do not see a problem there. If you have email communications and other documents to show that you were equally involved in the development, I think you have fair chances of succeeding. Another thing that comes to my mind is a criminal proceeding for criminal breach of trust. While the ingredients of criminal breach of trust require entrusting property to one person and that person misappropriating the same, in this case there is no tangible property. But Im going to do some research on this and I think a case of criminal breach of trust can also be made out. While it may be a long shot, let me look into it. Do get back to me if you need any further assistance or clarifications.

Advocate Shikhar Khare LawRato

940 votes

An idea cannot be protected unless you have some documentary evidence in existence. If you want to retrain your friend then you need to give lot more details.Trade secrets,copyrights both need some kind of hard evidence.Breach of trust again needs to be established.This will require lot more work but if you have something then we can plan it.

Advocate Rishi Kulshresth LawRato