In line with a report by Forbes India, CE Data Techniques (MapmyIndia’s dad or mum entity) has despatched a authorized discover to IPO-bound Ola Electrical, claiming that the EV startup co-mingled and reverse-engineered its licensed product.
The discover states, “You could have duplicated our shopper’s API (software programming interface) and SDKs (software program growth kits) from proprietary sources belonging to our shopper to construct OLA Maps. It’s firmly said that our shopper’s unique information has been copied/derived by you to additional your unlawful motive and to your unjust industrial good points.”
The discover additional contests Ola Electrical’s assertion of independently creating its API and map information via open sources.
It accuses Ola Electrical of breaching the phrases and situations of their settlement and infringing on the copyright vested in CE Data Techniques’ supply code.
Ola Electrical has known as the allegations ‘false and deceptive’. “We’ll suitably reply to the discover shortly,” mentioned Ola Electrical’s spokesperson to Moneycontrol.