"Billionaire Paul Allen has made major forays into cable
television and sports teams since leaving Microsoft Corp. more than
two decades ago. Now he's adding another pursuit: patent
litigation.
"Mr. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, on Friday
sued Apple Inc., Google Inc. and nine other companies asserting
they are using technology developed about a decade ago at his
now-defunct Silicon Valley laboratory. Mr. Allen, a pioneer of
computer software, didn't develop any of the technology himself but
owns the patents."
