Patent Corporate and Trade Secret Theft

[UD41390]

I started a software company and contracted a company to develop a great deal of the program. Since that time, the company has taken a large amount of money and refuses to provide us with anything completed—thus leading me to believe that nothing was actually done. A contract termination was served in accordance with the terms of the original contract and the company is now threatening to sell my technology and software to a competitor unless we give them more money and continue to use them to develop the program. This company, and their employees, were all under an NDA and non-compete before beginning the work. I know now that the company is broke and is just trying to extort money from me. The processes in the software do have a provisional patent application submitted.

Is the threat of selling my trade secrets a form of corporate theft, or attempted corporate theft, and what steps can I take to ensure that they are stopped?

Thank you very much for your assistance and I apologize if this is submitted in the wrong forum area.

 

[army judge]

You need to consult and retain an attorney ASAP.

There is very little help we can offer you, except that you need an attorney.

That said, you'll need to convince a court to restrain or enjoin them from doing anything during the pendency of your projected litigation.

You also need to get that contract before an attorney.

Never sign a contract like that without getting your attorney to vet it.