Paul Allen's Interval Licensing Sues
NEW YORK, (
) -
Microsoft
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co-founder Paul Allen's
Interval Licensing
is leading a patent infringement lawsuit against several tech and retail giants on behalf of his now defunct firm
Interval Research
.
The list of companies targeted by the suit include
Apple
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,
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,
,
Netflix
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,
Yahoo!
(YHOO)
,
eBay
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,
Staples
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and
Office Depot
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.
Documents: Complaint for Patent Infringement >>
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Seattle, targets ecommerce and search technology that Interval says it developed and intends to defend.
Google was one of the first companies to reply, telling the
AP
that the move "reflects an unfortunate trend of people trying to compete in the courtroom instead of the marketplace."
