And intellectual property consulting firm TechIPM analyzed LTE-related patents registered to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the second quarter of this year and reported that LG held the largest overall number of patents as well.

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The real news was IPValue itself: The startup, formed to help companies manage their patents and other intellectual property, is backed by Goldman Sachs and Boston Consulting and headed by Joe Zier, the former head of KPMG's intellectual-property practice.

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Dahn claims that founder Ilchi Lee is no longer directly involved in the company but instead runs a consulting firm, BR Consulting, which owns the intellectual property used by Dahn Yoga. (Lee is seeking to dismiss the suit against him on this basis as well.) But according to the plaintiffs, Ilchi Lee controls them all.

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It says surgeons' device-development work goes beyond mere consulting when the company deems that they are contributing valuable intellectual property to a product.

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