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Paul Allen lawsuit against Apple and others delayed

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 15th, 2011)

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been stymied in his attempt to sue Apple, Google and others for patent infringement. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman delayed proceedings so the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can reexamine the patents in the case. The USPTO will take a closer look at the ...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: Steve Jobs is "monomaniacal"

by Mel Martin (Apr 25th, 2011)

I doubt Steve Jobs will regard being called monomaniacal as an insult. My dictionary defines the word as 'An inordinate or obsessive zeal or interest in a single thing or subject." That sounds pretty much like the Apple co-founder and CEO. The comments from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen came ...

Steve Jobs thought Noah Wyle did a "fantastic job" playing him in Pirates of Silicon Valley

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 19th, 2011)

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has a new book out titled Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft. In it you can find all sorts of muckraking that publishers love to have in a biography that they paid too large of an advance on. The book has already generated a lot of internet talk based ...

Paul Allen's lawsuit against Apple dismissed

by Dave Caolo (Dec 13th, 2010)

The suit filed against Apple (and others) by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was dismissed as being too vague on Friday. According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman has given Allen's company, Interval Licensing LLC (the plaintiff in the case), until December 28 to file ...

Apple joins Facebook, Google, others to combat Paul Allen's charges

by Dave Caolo (Oct 25th, 2010)

Back in August, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen formally sued 11 tech companies, including Apple, over the use of technologies for which he holds the patents. Now, Apple has joined Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and others in opposing the suit. Google initially filed a motion to dismiss the claims on ...

Paul Allen's company sues Apple, Google

by Dave Caolo (Aug 27th, 2010)

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has formally sued Apple, Google and several others over the use of technologies for which he holds the patents. The Wall Street Journal was unable to reach any of the parties involved for comment, but notes that Allen has been going after companies, many of them ...