Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Sues Google, Facebook, Apple, eBay & Other Web Giants for Patent Infringement

Wall St. Journal:  “They’re the everyday fixtures of the Internet experience: pop-up stock quotes on a website, suggestions for related reading near a news article, videos along the side of your screen.  Now, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen says he owns the technology behind all these ideas, and he’s demanding that some of the world’s top Web companies pay up to use them.”