IP firm sued, settled with Novell on different patent in August
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| That’s right. In late August, the Newport Beach, Calif. –based Acacia
| Technology Licensing’ subsidiary Disc Link Corp. entered into a licensing
| agreement with Novell covering patents related to portable storage devices
| with links to the Internet.
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| It seems apparent, however, that Acacia’s legal minds, including two former
| high-level Microsoft IP experts – will oversee the details.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1564
Related:
Playing Microsoft Patent Poker
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| This time though, while Ballmer slinks away to try to con … convince people
| that Microsoft Unified Communications somehow offers people more than what
| Cisco's VOIP (voice over IP) been offering customers for years, a patent
| attack finally launches at Linux. Specifically, IP Innovation, a subsidiary
| of Acacia Technologies Group, has filed a patent infringement claim against
| Linux distributors Novell and Red Hat.
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| So was it just timing, or was it something more? Let's take a look at the
| players.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2201579,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
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| "There you have it. At least a third of SCO's entire market
| capitalization, and their entire current cash reserves, is payoffs
| funnelled from Microsoft. Their 10Qs reveal that every other line of
| cash inflow is statistical noise by comparison. The brave new
| SCO source business model is now clear: sue your customers, shill
| for Microsoft, kite your stock, and pray you stay out of jail."
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween10.html
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