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Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?: Acacia Technologies, the patent firm which has publicly denied any link with Microsoft, took capital in 2003 from BayStar Capital, which for a time acted as a capital conduit from Microsoft to SCO Research, according to Groklaw. This could all be just coincidence, orÂ smoke, as the saying...; Tags: Acacia Technologies Group, Microsoft Corp., Smoke, BayStar Capital, Coincidence, Venture Capital World, Venture Capital, Investment, Open Source, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-23
Did Microsoft send in the trolls?: Our own Stephen Shankland at C|Net hasÂ seen the other shoe drop on Steve Ballmer's patent threat. Â (Found this cute guy at Funkydung.com.) Two patent trolls, Technology Licensing Corp. of Nevada and IP Innovation, a unit of Acacia Technologies, have filed suit against Novell and Red Hat for...; Tags: Acacia Technologies Group, Patent, Microsoft Corp., TLC, Leadership, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-13

Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun: Now that the "first ever" suit for patent infringement has been lodged against two major Linux distributors, many Microsoft watchers are looking for the smoking gun that will somehow connect Microsoft to the case. I have to say that it's hard to believe that Microsoft CEO Steve...; Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Microsoft Corp., Brunell, Intellectual Property, Linux, Open Source, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-10-12
Microsoft braces for crucial TV test: Microsoft braces for crucial TV testMicrosoft can't play in this market.Way to many things stopping them from doing much of anything in this market.First, broadband in the US simply can NOT deal with interactive or on demand video. Until everyone has 50 - 100 Meg per second connections in...; Tags: Video on demand (VoD), TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital media, Corporate communications, TV, VoD, video, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-11-05

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