How to punish those who stole the design and layout of the site?

Question

Copyright

Good afternoon. We have a website that we have developed from scratch. Unique design, logo, layout, self-written admin panel.
After some time, they found an exact clone of the site with minor edits
. How to achieve justice and punish thieves?

Answer 1

Write to them first. Then to court. Everything seems to be obvious.

Answer 2

This is live advertising) Create a section "fakes for us")) Now there is no way to punish, you had to think about the legal side of the issue before publication.

Answer 3

You can’t prove the entire design is made in css, or maybe you stole from them?

Answer 4

If you have the source - then go to court

Answer 5

There are source codes, there are freelance performers with whom we paid and with whom we developed. Everything from page prototypes and editing comments. I talked with the design developer, he generally says that the right belongs to him, and we only have the right to use the design. Performer for a citizen of the Russian Federation.

Answer 6

If the design was created with legal face, then you can come up with something, otherwise they can also file against you. But the links in vain you have placed in court can not be filed.
I'm afraid that after this publication there will only be more clones)))

Answer 7

If the logo is registered to you, you can also make documents for the design, which is your property. When there are such documents, then go to court.

Answer 8

What court are you talking about? The source code in the layout does not matter at all. A coincidence and nothing more. Design - they will replace the pictures with their own, that's the whole design for you. The logo, your brand, will not be used by anyone.
And in general. You need a full address to file a lawsuit. Hosting will not give it to you. Abuse on the host if you write, so they are on the side (and rightly so). The answer will be to sue, but to whom? You will apply for hosting, then you will receive a counterclaim, and mom, don’t worry, you will pay.
Humble yourself =) In general, take control of the site. You will see on it the placed advertising of Google or Yandex. Turn on the proxy and take revenge =)))

Answer 9

There is one loophole in the fight against plagiarism: write to the hosting where the thief resource is located. On Russian hostings (and the former CIS) they don’t like to bother with clarifying the rights and other things, if you provide evidence that your site has been working longer and provide a letter from the designer with an example of the source, they will ask for a plagiarizer from their server, usually within seven working days. A year ago, this method worked with a site-copy of the store where I worked.

Answer 10

Unsubscribe to hosters, but you shouldn’t worry at all, those who "spiral" the site have already punished themselves, miserable