Friday, August 27, 2010

Paul Allen Sues Apple, Google, Others Over Patents - WSJ.com

It’ll be interesting to see if Steve Jobs can extend his reality distortion field to encompass the intellectual property in question, and to see how this turns out for Facebook, Google, and other companies named in the suit

Billionaire Paul Allen has made major forays into cable television and sports teams since leaving Microsoft Corp. more than two decades ago. Now he's adding another pursuit: patent litigation.

Mr. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, on Friday sued Apple Inc., Google Inc. and nine other companies asserting they are using technology developed about a decade ago at his now-defunct Silicon Valley laboratory. Mr. Allen, a pioneer of computer software, didn't develop any of the technology himself but owns the patents.

Paul Allen Sues Apple, Google, Others Over Patents - WSJ.com

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