When Is It Theft? Breaking Down the Eco Versus Pebble Startup Copycat Incident

If you didn't read Eco founder Andy Bromberg's Twitter thread last week accusing Pebble's cofounding team of the plagiarism of both Eco's marketing messaging and business model, along with a blow-by-blow accounting of what he called "lying and espionage" in attempts to surface Eco's intellectual property, you'd be forgiven - because it turned into a non-story.  

What Bromberg alleges is shocking in almost every aspect, but the thread ends with a whimper, an "agree-to-disagree," with no further action to follow.  READ MORE