Legal Question in Technology Law in Ohio

Email warning

I entered into a development contract with a company to write a program for the web. I already own a copywright on a program that was used as the building block and was to receive royalties from sales of the new software. Once the develpment was finished they broke my contract and will not pay me royalties or the money they owe me for the development. I am currently persuing legal action for breach of contract. Can I send out emails to companys who might use the software to warn them of the pending lidigation and that they might be subject to additional licensing fees from my company for the software they buy???

Can I be sued for sending the warnings?? everything will be factual and the truth.


Asked on 12/30/04, 1:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Patrick Tracy Patrick J. Tracy, Esq, P.E.,

Re: Email warning

You can send out emails to users of the software. This is basically giving legal notice of you intellectual property. Hopefully you registered your copyright with the lib of Congress. If so you may be able to collect treble damages for violation of the original program since the revised program can be considered derived from the original. Do some background investigation and only send notice to those which you have a good faith belief are using the program.

Good Luck!!!

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Answered on 12/30/04, 1:48 pm


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