The story with Barclays † is the kind of pernicious theft of IP that unfortunately small businesses always face when dealing with big businesses, and is what always makes me laugh when patents are suggested as a good way to encourage innovation. A patent is worthless if you can't sue, and a small company can't sue a big one.
Congratulations to the team for remaining philosophical though, and winning on quality and timing. They truly are real artists.
† They were negotiating to sponsor the app, the developers sent them a roadmap of their plans, all went quiet and then, a year later, Barclays released their own app.
Congratulations to the team for remaining philosophical though, and winning on quality and timing. They truly are real artists.
† They were negotiating to sponsor the app, the developers sent them a roadmap of their plans, all went quiet and then, a year later, Barclays released their own app.