Outsource firm sues in India / Alleged Code Theft Highlights Foreign Risk

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From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 27, 2004 4:42:01 PM EDT
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Outsource firm sues in India

ALLEGED CODE THEFT HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN RISK

By Karl Schoenberger
Mercury News
Posted on Thu, Aug. 26, 2004

In a case that exposes the intellectual-property risks of outsourcing
in India, a small San Carlos software company has sued Mumbai police
for refusing to investigate the alleged theft of proprietary source
code by an employee at its Indian subsidiary.

Sandeep Jolly, the founder and chief executive of Jolly Technologies,
said U.S. technology companies should beware of the risks of doing
business in his native land at a time when many are taking advantage
of the cost savings of offshoring and entrusting sensitive software
development and testing work to Indian contractors. Protection of
intellectual property is still a new concept for lawmakers, police
and prosecutors, he said.

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