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Well that's awkward. Lodsys is owned by Nathan Myhrvold' Intellectual Ventures. Nathan Myhrvold has been a guest on Martha Stewart's show.

http://www.marco.org/2013/08/08/lodsys-honest-headline

http://www.marthastewart.com/868204/modernist-cooking-chef-n...

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The allegation of the link between Lodsys and IV has not yet been conclusively proven as far as I can tell.

However, I did do some research into Lodsys and found this interesting fact:

http://www.plainsite.org/articles/article.html?id=3

Also, lawsuit docket here:

http://www.plainsite.org/flashlight/case.html?id=2531707

Not really. The show had 1000 episodes [1], and the Martha Stewart brand covers a number of businesses. It'd be unusual if no one who'd ever been on the show had a business conflict with any of those businesses.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_(TV_series)

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