9 Feb
2017
9 Feb
'17
2:46 p.m.
On Feb 9, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Chris Hanson <cmhanson
at eschatologist.net> wrote:
The information I got was that GigaMOS held the assets until it was put into receivership,
and Coopers & Lybrand were appointed receiver. They did not find a buyer. Much of the
physical assets were surrendered to former employees and other debtors in lieu of payment,
since GigaMOS was unable to make payroll. Coopers & Lybrand were merged into PwC a
couple years later. What PwC did with things in the meantime is unknown.
It doesn?t matter if the company hasn?t existed
since the late 80s - Someone somewhere owns the IP rights and as soon as they see interest
in it they?re going to see potential dollar signs.
As near as I?ve been able to find, without hiring lawyers to do more in-depth research,
the assets of the former Lisp Machine, Inc. were seized as part of the GigaText affair; do
a Google search for GigaText Guy Montpetit for some details. The IP in this case is likely
owned by either the government of Canada, Saskatchewan, the United States, or
Massachusetts, depending on who did the actual seizing, what entity owned the IP at the
time, and whether the seized assets were ever transferred as a result of the case(s).
Do you have any pointers to the situation being different?