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Telecommunications company BT is taking legal action against Valve, accusing the gaming company of using its patents on its digital distribution platform Steam. According to legal documents filed in the US state of Delaware, BT are filing complaints about four patents that deal with digital distribution services and personalized access to video games and content. BT claims that is has been in contact with Valve multiple times about the unauthorized use of the patents but received no reply, meaning that it had to take legal action to resolve the matter. “BT’s constant investment in innovation has seen it develop a large portfolio of patents which are valuable corporate assets, so it is only right that BT protects its investment,” said a company spokesman. The company has previously been involved in lawsuits against a number of other organizations in the past two decades. Much of the technology included in the patents is used in other digital services and distribution providers and BT has previously sued the likes of prodigy and Google.