Who owns the name McAfee? I do, according to antivirus pioneer John McAfee who is fighting Intel over his

John McAfee, the creator of the eponymous antivirus computer software system, is suing Intel Corp. for the right to use his name in new ventures after the chip maker bought his former company.

Intel bought McAfee in 2010 and eventually renamed it “Intel Security.” McAfee has since joined digital gaming company MGT Capital Investments Inc. as chairman and chief executive, with plans to rename the company “John McAfee Global Technologies Inc”.

McAfee says Intel warned him that any use of his name will infringe on the company’s trademarks that it acquired with the McAfee deal in 2010, according to his complaint filed y in Manhattan federal court.

Private equity firm TPG is among potential bidders for Intel’s McAfee unit and has held preliminary discussions with Intel about a deal that could value McAfee at as much as $3 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the process is private. Intel is also talking to other potential bidders, including buyout firms and corporate suitors, they said.