Thankyou all for you advice. It was indeed Tom B who said that, until she actually does something, it's not really worth going after. Regarding an injunction, that may be an avenue I could pursue.

I think I shall probably have to accept she got away with it, but I shall definitely continue to monitor the situation closely over the long term in case the situation changes.

The contract she breached, most particularly, is the NDA and assignment of rights document that she signed. She never submitted any of her own work, and as such was not under the effect of a work contract. (again, poor project management)

> No-one has, strictly, sustained any direct financial losses.
> Estimated value of the work one person contributed to a
> fraudulent project, however, was in the range of thousands
> of US dollars

What's the market value of your IP? (Hint: it's not the sum of efforts you and your contributors have put into it).

The sad story here is that proving contract breach is one thing, but proving damages is an other. And getting a dollar figure on said damages is something else entirely.

If I were you, I'd simply gather all the evidence I could and wait for her to make boatloads of money; once (and if) she reaches that point, offer her the choice between signing a proper IP licensing contract or a face-off in court.

-cb

I think I shall follow that course of action in the end. Considering that all the work going into any of her projects seems to be 'appropriated' I doubt she will be very successful though.

Thanks everyone for the advice.