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Secretive Company Sues The Cable Industry, Claiming It Owns Patents On VOD

Jan 24, 2011 8:09 PM

Back in November, a little-known Virginia company named Pragmatus AV sued Facebook, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), LinkedIn, and Photobucket over patents it purchased from giant patent-holding company Intellectual Ventures. Now, Pragmatus has turned to the cable television industry for its next payout.

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Posted In: Legal, Patents, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Comcast, Time Warner, advancenewhouse, cablevision, charter communications, cox communications, intellectual ventures

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