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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

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

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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

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

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