This lawsuit isn't the cause, just a symptom. There's no love lost here.
It's easy to get a lawsuit going for such a trivial reason because Sequoia could prove when the incident happened (access logs) and present a piece of HTML from both that have substantial similarity. With a rhetorical thrust, one argues visual similarity. A lawyer can keep this one alive for quite a while.
Clarius
· 2 years ago
Sequoia is just a bully firm, thats the way they play. Playground bullies to the end. Either you make em 10x in a year or you are out.
Lawyers Get Rich
· 2 years ago
Lawyers are undoubtedly laughing themselves to the bank on this one. Makes you seriously wonder about VC decision making...
mathew
· 2 years ago
more interestingly - did anyone see the comventures team profile photos?
Well, I think both are doing with enough reasons. Typically a firm needs to select a target to fight or compete or learn in order to build up internal strength and move up. In this case, Sequoia has a lot to be admired for.
On the other hand, Sequoia must have paid handsomely to design their websites. And no one likes to be copied.
It would be even funnier if ComVentures hire someone to impersonate Mike Moritz. Then, byebye Mr. CopyRight.
jack largent
· 2 years ago
This may be the moment Sequoia jumped the shark. These types of bullying tactics are things that sequoia does in deals, which are now playing out in public. The bloom is off the rose. They beat the hell out of people regularly, yet moritz and sequoia have this pristine air about them. The truth is, they are nothing more than bad people picking onthe small guy.
Dan
· 2 years ago
Grinnel is the biggest backer of Com Ventures. They are the best VC ...Com ...Com...Cm.
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It's easy to get a lawsuit going for such a trivial reason because Sequoia could prove when the incident happened (access logs) and present a piece of HTML from both that have substantial similarity. With a rhetorical thrust, one argues visual similarity. A lawyer can keep this one alive for quite a while.
http://mattishness.blogspot.com/2007/02/where-a...
Typically a firm needs to select a target to fight or compete or learn in order to build up internal strength and move up. In this case, Sequoia has a lot to be admired for.
On the other hand, Sequoia must have paid handsomely to design their websites. And no one
likes to be copied.
It would be even funnier if ComVentures hire someone to impersonate Mike Moritz. Then,
byebye Mr. CopyRight.