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Intellectual Property

Aug. 31, 2010

Microsoft Co-Founder Lobs Patent Suit At Tech Titans

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has unleashed a patent infringement lawsuit against some of Silicon Valley's heaviest hitters including Apple Inc., Google Inc., eBay Inc., Yahoo Inc. and Facebook Inc.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PALO ALTO A decade ago, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shut down Interval Research, a laboratory that employed more than 100 scientists, physicists and engineers to develop new technologies.

On Friday, Allen and his Seattle-based attorneys at Susman Godfrey unleashed a patent infringement lawsuit against some of Silicon Valley's heaviest hitters including Apple Inc., Google Inc...

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