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Way2News faces court injunction in intellectual property dispute
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- Date
- Company
- Way2News
- What it does
- Hyperlocal short news application
- Kind
- Legal
- Stage
- Series B
What they do
Way2News is a hyperlocal short news application that provides news coverage across 400 Indian districts in eight different languages
What happened
A Bengaluru commercial court issued a temporary injunction barring Way2News from using confidential information and intellectual property belonging to…
Why it matters
The dispute centres on Way2News's devotional platform VedaMandir, which AppsForBharat alleges used its proprietary videos and internal system data
The details
- The Bengaluru Commercial Court issued an ad-interim ex parte injunction (a temporary emergency order passed without waiting to hear the other side) against Way2News on September 10.
- The order restrains Way2News, its directors, and employees from using confidential information and intellectual property belonging to AppsForBharat.
- The restrained material includes proprietary data received from former AppsForBharat employee Shivam Kumar Singh.
- AppsForBharat filed the commercial suit alleging Way2News used Sri Mandir marketing videos on its devotional platform VedaMandir.
- AppsForBharat claimed an email address using the Way2News domain attempted to access its confidential Google Drive folders.
- Way2News denied using confidential information and stated the Drive attempt was an old link tied to previous employment.
- AppsForBharat asked the court for permanent injunctions, an account of profits, and Rs 1 crore in compensation.
The bigger picture
- AppsForBharat has operated Sri Mandir since December 2020 to connect devotees with temples and priests for digital services.
- Way2News recently entered the digital devotion market with VedaMandir to offer temple bookings and prasad delivery.
- AppsForBharat claimed its original videos were uploaded to internal drives on March 18 and used by Way2News on August 31.
About the business
- Way2News runs a hyperlocal short news app covering news across 400 districts in India.
- The platform generates more than 4 billion screen views each month.
- The news service is available in eight languages and offers digital magazines, categories, and polls.
- The company uses a network of 40,000 contributors to gather local news.
- Its devotional product VedaMandir allows users to book personalized chadhava, pujas, and temple daan with prasad delivery.
What happens next
- The court scheduled the next hearing for October 5, with the temporary injunction staying in effect until that date.
The deal
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Founders
- Raju Vanapala, Founder/CEO
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