David Methvin’s Davin Computer Corp is in a major unexplained patent dispute with IBM Corp and says it has been forced to suspend operations pending resolution of the litigation with IBM: it says it has received another patent on its parallel byte processing technology which involves technology that is at the core of of the lawsuit Davin filed against IBM in November; the company says it was severely damaged by IBM’s action and is unable to continue even in development mode, maintaining only a small administrative staff; Methvin’s previous creation, Computer Automation Inc, holds a key patent that is at the heart of IBM’s Micro Channel bus, and on which IBM has been paying royalties for several years.
