Keith Raniere is said to hold a lot of sway over the people who are drawn to his professional success training programs, be they girlfriends, wealthy heiresses or business associates.

The “guru” behind NXIVM Corp. is also an inventor who holds three science degrees from New York’s Renssalaer Polytechil Institute. But when it comes to patents his spell seems less powerful. His inability to get official sign-off from a few co-owners of a patent he asserted against Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. is going to cost him a big attorney fee bill, possibly as much as $1 million.

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