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Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?

Is Acacia link with Microsoft just smoke?Nope,"Does that mean you are the aforementioned Microsoft flunky?"Nope, you have it backwards, Microsoft is my flunky. Truth is I bribed to courts to make software patentable so I could control the entire world. Muwahahahaha, All your Liunx are belong to me...I...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, S/he, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp., ACACIA, No_Ax, Dana

Discussion threads 2007-10-23

Acacia denies patent claim is an attack on open source, denies any Microsoft role

Acacia denies patent claim is an attack on open source, denies any Microsoft rolePatent bully?If you give a bully your lunch money on Monday, he will want you lunch money again on Wednesday, if not Tuesday.Prior ArtClearly, Acacia didn't do a thorough search on 'prior art': [url=http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29130]FYI[/url]I don't get it....

Tags: ACACIA, patent, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2007-10-19

Acacia denies patent claim is an attack on open source, denies any Microsoft role

Acacia Research Corp. on Friday released a statement to ZDNet's Open source Blog writers regarding the patent infringement case it filed against Red Hat and Novell on October 9. In the statement, which appears below in its entirety, Acacia insists that its patent claim is not...

Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Red Hat Inc., IP, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Acacia, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux

Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against LinuxTime will tell whether MS are telling the truthThough it strikes me that if they are behind the current lawsuit, they did a very bad job of covering their tracks.Operation has been initiated...The pitiful band of Open Source volunteers will...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., ACACIA, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouse

Acacia purchase creates Net patent powerhouseAnd this is just the beginning ... NT.Maybe the most thriving job market in IT...... requires a legal degree. Open source legal expertise is pretty rare, though I suppose there's vulnerability to off-shoring.Maybe the next big tech merger will be the combination of two...

Tags: patent powerhouse, ACACIA

Discussion threads 2004-12-16

Additional Resources

Beating patent trolls at their own game

Saul Hansell's piece in the Times is called Trolling for Patents to Fight Patent Trolls. Kinda like a war for peace. At a recent patent auction in San Francisco, which in general didn't go that well for the auctioneers, one company that was snapping patents up was...

Tags: Game, Patent, Acacia Research, Patent Troll, Saul Hansell, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Has Microsoft fired its first shot in the patent war against Linux?

Has Microsoft fired its first shot in the patent war against Linux?The cornered rat is always the most dangerousSimply put, Linux is threatening Microsoft's proprietary model of extracting profits. Others have put it another way: Linux is a disruptive technology: one that overturns the traditional way of doing...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Adrian, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

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, or 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

Microsoft says (again) it will comply fully with EU antitrust demands

Microsoft says again it will comply fully with EU antitrust demandsThe new proxySure, MS caves to the EU's demands. Of course the interface specs will still be encumbered so the FOSS community won't touch them. No big loss for MS.On the other hand MS continues the attack. It's now known...

Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, suspicion, Microsoft Corp., DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS, EU Antitrust, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

News to know: RealPlayer flaw; Wireless speakers; Ubuntu installation; Amazon's EC2

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: IE users beware: RealPlayer zero-day flaw under attack. Mozilla plugs 10 more Firefox holes. Heather Clancy: Green business backlash: We could see this coming. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through. Gallery. Christopher Dawson: Microsoft matters less...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Speaker, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Wireless, Flaw, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

IP firm sued, settled with Novell on different patent in August

The IP firm that filed patent litigation against Red Hat and Novell mounted legal threats against many other U.S. software companies in 2007 including Oracle, SAP, Computer Associates, EMC, Adobe, Autodesk, Apple, SPSS -- and Novell. That’s right. In late August, the Newport Beach, Calif....

Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, IP, Acacia Technology Licensing, Network Technology, Networking, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Skepticism on denial of a Microsoft-Linux suit connection

We've gotten a lot of comment here regarding Paula's fine interview with Microsoft spokesman Mark Martin. Martin is technically right in all he says. Microsoft is not a party to Acacia's suit, filed on behalf of its IP Innovation unit. It is not involved in the litigation....

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Steve, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux

Contrary to speculation, Microsoft is not behind the patent litigation filed against Linux distributors last week, the company insists. "Microsoft is not a party to Acacia's lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell, nor are we involved in any way in this litigation," according to an official statement...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Coincidence, Brunell, Litigation, Linux, Open Source, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Did Microsoft send in the trolls?

Our own Stephen Shankland at C|Net has seen the other shoe drop on Steve Ballmer's patent threat.  (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

First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to Microsoft

It appears as though the first patent suit against Linux -- targeting Red Hat and Novell -- is now official. According to Groklaw's Pamela Jones: IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case...

Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Blogosphere, Jones, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-11

Patent reform by way of the Ax

Patent reform by way of the AxIncentives...The accusation often leveled at you John C is that the incentive you choose is the one that most seems to motivate you to create: property, money, filthy lucre, call it what you will. for some of us though the motivations are different: overcoming...

Tags: Leadership, patent, incentive, patent system, motivation

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control

U.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlU.N. summit revives concerns about Net controlThe U.S. is here to stay and will remain in control of the internet. Yes the whole internet. Get over it.Pretty much says it all"During the Tunisia summit, nations like Cuba, Iran and Zimbabwe blasted the United...

Tags: Domain names, PRETTY MUCH, Internet, U.N. Summit, Net Control

Discussion threads 2006-10-27

Have patent, will sue

Have patent, will sueDidn't address the concernsThese people are arguing over "What constitutes a patent?". Characterizing anyone that has different ideas on the subject as abusers of the system is disingenuous. You would think that his company would be neutral on patents - any definition of a patent would still...

Tags: patent

Discussion threads 2006-07-10

Western Australian Native Plants Mixed Collection 3 1.0 (Windows)

Released in June 2006 "Mixed Collection 3" is one of the Western Australian Native Plants modules. Western Australian Native Plants Mixed Collection 3 
(screensaver, pdf document and QuickTime movie album)
80 screens. The 8 plants included are Acacia pulchella â€Â" Western Prickly Moses; Hardenbergia comptoniana â€Â" native sarsparilla; Macropidia fulginosa â€Â"...

Tags: Movie, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2006-06-22