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circles at least since suing Intel on the basis of an obscure chip patent in 1998. It has won licenses from electronics giant Sony and others for products that play MP3 CDs.

Early this year, it sued the New York Times, ESPN and other Web publishers, asserting rights to some types of "interstitial" advertising including pop-up and pop-under Web ads.

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