Paul Allen’s Dog Ate His Suit Against Apple, Yahoo: Ann Woolner
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If someone stole your shiny new car, you wouldn’t wait until the 86th time you saw someone driving it around town to call the police.
In filing his patent infringement lawsuit against 11 e-commerce companies and Internet giants, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen staked an ownership claim to functions he says his shop developed a decade ago.