The word 'convolve' is correct and can be used in written English
It is used to refer to combining two or more functions or ideas together to form a new function, usually in the context of mathematics or computing. For example, "By convolving two mathematical functions, the resulting output was a complex waveform."
A decade-long lawsuit pitting a tiny company called Convolve against Seagate Technology has taken an unexpected turn after a whistle-blower claimed that Seagate had appropriated Convolve technology and later destroyed evidence in the case.
According to court and regulatory filings, representatives from Convolve and Seagate met in 1998 and 1999 to discuss some of Convolve's work, subject to an agreement that Seagate would not make improper use of what it learned in those discussions.
In 2000, Convolve sued Seagate and one of its customers, Compaq, claiming that the "sound barrier" technology that Seagate introduced in 2000 relied on Convolve's sound reduction innovations.
Convolve has also sued Dell, Hitachi and Western Digital in regard to similar technology.
Convolve was formed to help market and sell this and other related technology.
The patent infringement case between Convolve and Seagate dates to 2000, when Convolve and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued Seagate and Compaq Computer seeking $800 million over technology that reduced the noise and vibration generated by hard-disk drives, the devices often used to store information in personal computers and computer servers.
The company engineers, however, were not informed that Seagate had a nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, in place with Convolve that should have protected the technology, according to the affidavit.
On Dec. 2, the court docket showed an affidavit by Debra Brown Steinberg, one of the lawyers at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft representing M.I.T. and Convolve, asking the magistrate handling the case to allow the introduction of Mr. Galloway's testimony.
The whistle-blower, a former Seagate employee named Paul A. Galloway, has provided what is described as "an eyewitness account" accusing Seagate of taking hard-drive technology from Convolve and incorporating it into its own products, according to documents filed recently with a federal court in Manhattan.
This monument of vegetation, intricately and densely convolved, a green cypress, more than two thousand years old, roots in a vanished lake bottom, older than the religion of this little heap of white and gloom, this charming peasant church.
Texturing convolving, visual revolving, Any media type.
