Talented programmer and entrepreneur John McAfee is well acquainted with us thanks to the anti-virus software McAfee he created, which many manufacturers still pre-install on their computers. John has the gift of constantly getting involved in some troubles and scandalous stories. Someone with a politician who swears, then with illegal weapons, he is arrested, then accused of killing a neighbor. The new scandal is not connected with politics, nor with weapons, nor even with drugs. After all, Intel Corporation decided to take away from John McAfee his own name.
In May of this year, Makafi joined MGT Capital Investments as a CFO. Thanks to this, the shares of the investment company skyrocketed from 36 cents to 5.38 dollars apiece. Shortly thereafter, a press release was published that tells about the acquisition of MGT Capital by D-Vasive, which develops anti-spyware software. It was decided to rename it John McAfee Global Technologies, Inc. And then Intel lawyers came on stage.
According to the documents submitted by the lawyers of the world's largest microprocessor manufacturer, the McAfee brand does not belong to John since 1991, when he sold his assets to the company. Of course, Makafi was the founder of this company, but the right to use the name McAfee in the field of anti-virus or security-related software is now owned by Intel. What will end this unusual story, time will tell. But it seems that the lawyers of both sides are going to stand on their point of view to the very end.
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