“U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman on Friday set a Dec. 28 deadline for the plaintiff, a company controlled by Mr. Allen called Interval Licensing LLC, to file an amended complaint,” Clark reports. “A spokesman for Mr. Allen said it plans to do so soon, calling the judge’s order a ‘procedural issue’ that won’t halt the case.”
Clark reports, “The suit, filed in August, names tech companies Google Inc., its YouTube subsidiary, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo Inc., AOL Inc., eBay Inc. and Netflix Inc., as well as OfficeMax Inc. and Staples Inc., as defendants. The complaint accuses them of infringing four patents covering technology developed at Interval Research Corp., a Palo Alto, Calif., lab and technology incubator that Mr. Allen financed but that closed down about a decade ago. Mr. Allen is a co-founder of Microsoft Corp.”
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Perhaps “dismisses” is too strong a word? “Sends back for revision” might have been more accurate, if wordier.
He must need to pay for diesel fuel for his yacht. Actually a more specific complaint will be easier to fight.
A billionaire patent troll. Now I’ve seen it all.
Congratulations to the USA on breeding a class of kleptocrats whose greed and sense of entitlement knows no boundaries.
Whatever happens to this lawsuit and the many others that has come and gone before … AAPL will go Up Higher
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Awwww, c’mon!
He NEEEEEDED more money! How could he POSSIBLY get by with the measly few billion he has now.
@His Shadow…
“Kleptocrats”. Brilliant. Sadly true.
I don’t believe money is the motivating factor in this case. Instead the case is about setting up stumbling blocks for tech companies headquartered outside of Seattle.
Regards.
@DLMeyer:
No, it is being dismissed, and that is the correct terminology. Allen may try to file an amended complaint, but the judge may not accept it or give permission to file an amended complaint. The plaintiff can file an amended complaint prior to the defendants filing their response/answer, but after the defendants respond, the plaintiff needs the court’s permission to file an amended complaint. There is no “sending back for revision”.
@His Shadow
Kleptocrats are the one of the biggest exports of the U.S. 🙁
“…Interval Research Corp., a Palo Alto, Calif., lab and technology incubator that Mr. Allen financed but that closed down about a decade ago.”
In other words, companies that actually deliver goods and services is being sued by a failed entity that’s now little more than a post office box. What’s wrong with this picture?
Billionaire investor Paul Allen: PARASITE
I’m not sure he can make a more specific description. I suspect he just threw the suit at the wall to see if it would stick, or if he could scare the defendants into paying him off.
@ Mr. Reeee
Hey, he’ll just have to make that few billion stretch……..or become a walmart greeter. To be THAT old and only have a few billion is SHAMEFUL and deserving of the scarlet letter.
@ bizlaw
“U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman on Friday set a Dec. 28 deadline for the plaintiff … to file an amended complaint. A spokesman for Mr. Allen said it plans to do so soon, calling the judge’s order a “procedural issue” that won’t halt the case.”
Does not sound good when they can not get it right the first time.
Have they done this kind of thing before?
Paul, do you still pay them for not getting it correct the first time?
The “kleptocrats” are one of the reasons the U.S. is consistently the most innovative country on the planet.
You take the good with the bad.