Submission + - Paul Allen files suit over Patent Violations (wsj.com) 1
mewshi_nya writes: A firm run by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed suit alleging 11 technology companies are violating patents developed at a Silicon Valley lab that Allen financed more than a decade ago. Named in a lawsuit: Apple, Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and Google's YouTube subsidiary. The suit doesn't name Microsoft, Amazon.com or other tech companies in Seattle where Allen is based. The suit doesn't estimate a damage amount.
The suit lists violations of four patents for technology that appear to be key components of the operations of the companies — and that of e-commerce and Internet search companies in general.
The suit lists violations of four patents for technology that appear to be key components of the operations of the companies — and that of e-commerce and Internet search companies in general.
