Eugene Lang
Philanthropist, Organization founder
1919 –
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Who is Eugene Lang?
Eugene M. "Gene" Lang is an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. REFAC held patents relating to LCDs, ATMs, credit card verification systems, bar code scanners, VCRs, cassette players, camcorders, electronic keyboards, and spreadsheets, and filed thousands of lawsuits against other corporations to secure licensing fees or out-of-court settlements, a business practice of some very large corporations such as Microsoft and Google as well as large startups such as Intellectual Ventures, and sometimes criticized as patent trolling.
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- Born
- Mar 16, 1919
New York City - Also known as
- Eugene M. "Gene" Lang
- Gene Lang
- Spouses
- Theresa Lang
(1946 - 2008)
- Theresa Lang
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Swarthmore College
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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