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Since you have an NDA just let them make their product, if it succeeds you can sue them into oblivion, and you get all the money they make. They are going to be your very own unpaid employee. Think of it as a hedge, if you fail and they succeed, you still succeed.

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We can't sue a company for making a product like ours, as I understand? While what we do is unique, you can't patent the idea.

but you didn't patent the idea. They signed an agreement not to disclose what they learned from you. If they breach that agreement you can sue them.

Right, that's a good point: internal disclosure. The NDA is very specific on a need-to-know basis. So if our methods are obviously put to use it means that they disclosed, if my thinking is correct?

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