In August 2009, Farncombe Managing Director GrahamRobinson used the alias Jonathan Hargreaves representing IP Application Development to approach Proview representatives in the U.K., according to court proceedings and people familiar with the case.
Using the dummy company and the alias Jonathan Hargreaves to hide Apple's involvement, GrahamRobinson, managing director of an intellectual-property investigation firm named Farncombe International, approached Proview representatives in the U.K., according to court proceedings and people familiar with the case.