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Entertainment & Sports

Jan. 17, 2015

Billionaire entrepreneur's latest venture: suing over holograms

Alki David has acquired patented hologram technology, and is suing the estate of Michael Jackson, among others, who are allegedly infringing on his patent.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The business interests of Greek billionaire Alki David, heir to an empire of Coca-Cola bottling plants, aren't limited to his modeling agency and various online entertainment ventures. It also includes vigorously policing his patents on holograms.


The long-deceased rapper Tupac Shakur's appearing magically on stage at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival spurred David's late...

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