Sarine Technologies

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Both articles discuss the same issue; whether Sarine's competitors can create and use a software that performs in a manner that is similar to Sarine's.

If what the defendant claims is true, that the competitor's source code is original, then it may mean that even if the court rules in favour of Sarine, there may be another competitor in the future who produces another software that is similar to Sarine, but different enough to not be sued for copyright infringement. I imagine plenty of software developers in India are financially motivated to try their hands at producing a cheaper alternative to Sarine's Advisor system.

The interface of both IOS and Android are largely similar. Why can't the inclusion mapping industry have another software that competes with Sarine?

I could be wrong, but just for the sake of discussion. Basically, Sarine Advisor is a rough planning software, which fully integrates with Sarine’s Galaxy family of inclusion scanning systems. So technically Sarine supplies both the hardware and software. 
Perhaps it is like someone developing a pirated IOS system (jailbreak operating system) to use iPhones. Yes, given the fact that there are Andriod phones... but technically there are features and hardware superiority of iPhones that Andriod phones do not have. And Galaxy could have that superiority in the diamond grading sector.
And unlike software, I think it takes a certain amount of capital to create Galaxy bases (and create a network effect). And that is Sarine's cash cow (the recurring revenue which is from the Galaxy bases). Which could be a financial hurdle for other companies operating from a low capital base. Developing software might be a cheaper way to disrupt (rather than developing grading bases as well).. so the key for Sarine is to patent their software (like how Apple does it).