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To: Dorine Essey who wrote (158503)	7/13/2000 10:44:57 AM
From: TechMkt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176388

Thursday July 13, 10:41 am Eastern Time Convolve, MIT sue Compaq, Seagate for $800 mln NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - Convolve Inc., a privately held New York-based company, said that it and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed suit Thursday against Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) and Seagate Technology Inc. (NYSE:SEG - news), charging patent infringement of computer disk drive technology. Convolve is seeking at least $800 million in damages and a permanent injunction barring Compaq and Seagate from manufacturing or selling disk drives or computers incorporating Seagate's ``Sound Barrier Technology.'' The action alleges that computer maker Compaq and its disk drive supplier Seagate misappropriated Convolve's technology, called ``Quick and Quiet,'' which allows the user of the disk drive to select between faster or quieter computer performance. MIT is obligated through a licensing agreement with Convolve to join the suit. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeks ``to prevent Compaq and Seagate from stealing Convolve's proprietary computer disk drive technology.'' Both Compaq and Seagate were not immediately available for comment.