Tinder Developer Sued Over Misuse Of Rivals’ Dating App Trade Secrets

Mealey's (April 2, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — A dating app developer and its subsidiary sued their competitor, the developer of the Tinder app, in Texas state court on March 28, contending that Tinder’s developer tortiously interfered with their prospective business relations by using plaintiffs’ confidential and proprietary information that the Tinder developer obtained during acquisition discussions to add features to its own app to compete with the plaintiffs’ app in violation of Texas trade secrets law (Bumble Trading Inc., et al. v. Match Group LLC, No. DC-18-04140, Texas Dist., Dallas Co.)....