Monday, 5 September 2016
Six years after Intel purchased McAfee antivirus for $7.68 billion, its founder is now in court fighting for the right to use his own name. Bloomberg reports that John McAfee has filed paperwork to sue Intel, who’s attempting to block McAfee from using his name in a new business endeavor. Intel, for what it’s worth, hasn’t used the McAfee name on its antivirus suite since 2014. In January 2014, Intel dropped the ‘McAfee’ moniker and instead opted to market the antivirus suite under a new name, ‘Intel Security.’ According to Bloomberg, the pushback against McAfee using his own name could be due…
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