Akshata Sharma
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According to Forbes, MapMyIndia sent an intellectual property legal notice to Bhavish Aggarwal's Ola for copying its data to create Ola Maps.
Ola Maps is the in-house map for navigation and location for the ride-hailing company. MapMyIndia's parent company is CE Info Systems.
The allegations are that Ola Maps was created by using MapMyIndia's data and violating the terms of the agreement signed with CE Info Systems in 2021.
Ola Maps was launched in July after Ola exited Microsoft's Azure and Google Maps. This decision came after Microsoft-owned LinkedIn removed Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal's post. Bhavish Aggarwal lashed at Google and stated that transitioning to Ola Maps reduced Ola's expenses to zero from 100 crore when using Google Maps.
Ola Electric, about to launch its ₹5,500 crore IPO on August 2, had signed an agreement with MapMyIndia's parent company for using its data, in June 2021.
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