Figma Sues Motiff, Accusing It of Stealing Design Software Code

Collaborative-design software maker Figma Inc. accused competitors of breaching a contract and copyright infringement by stealing its source code.

Singapore-based Motiff Pte. Ltd., along with Chinese companies Yuanfudao HK Ltd. and Kanyun Holding Group Co., accessed Figma’s product under a subscription agreement and reverse engineered its copyrighted code for their own product in violation of Figma’s Master Subscription Agreement, according to a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Figma pointed to both features and flaws in the rival software as evidence of infringement.

“Defendants’ copying of Figma’s design choices—reflected in code, strings ...