Legal Opinion
Ayyadurai v. Floor64, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 6, 2017No. Civil Action No. 17-10011-FDSPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND TO STRIKE
F. Dennis Saylor IV, United States * District Judge
This is a tort action arising out of allegedly defamatory statements,that the,plaintiff falsely claimed to be the inventor of email. Plaintiff Shiva Ayyadurai is a scientist and entrepreneur. In. 1979, at the age of 14, he created an electronic-mail system for use at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. On the basis of that creation, he has since claimed to have invented e-mail, and has received some positive media attention on the basis of that claim.…
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