It appears that yes, it's the exact same person who's been trying to take credit for inventing email for ages. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/11/

It appears that yes, it's the exact same person who's been trying to take credit for inventing email for ages. https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/11/03/mit-grad-who-claims-he-invented-email-wins-piece.html https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/11/03/mit-grad-... http://fortune.com/2016/03/07/who-really-invented-email/ http://fortune.com/2016/03/07/who-really-invented-email/ > He has trademarked "The Inventor of Email"