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Re: [News] The Link Between New Anti-Linux Patent Troll (Acacia) and Microsoft

____/ 7 on Monday 15 October 2007 22:37 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Microsoft's American Proxy Patent War Continues
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | PJ & Company astutely make the connection that behind "IP Innovation
>> | LLC" is a group called Acacia which is staffed by senior Microsoft
>> | agents, including Jonathan Taub, a Microsoft Hero & Key Achiever.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/2007/10/microsofts-prox.html
> 
> Patent troll companies use inventors for their own nefarious reasons.
> 
> Patent troll companies are bad news for patents industry and for
> inventors.
> 
> Inventors can object to patent trolling.
> 
> Concientious objectors and patent holders can always write to RHAt and Novel
> and explain to them what patents they are violating and to refrain
> from using the patents in question to get a remedy in hours to days.
> 
> That does not need anyone's permission. Its good for patenting industry
> to eliminate patent trolls that blacken the name of patents.

Here is some more fuel:

Did Microsoft send in the trolls?

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| Pamela Jones of Groklaw detects the fine hand of Microsoft at work here. Two 
| former Microsoft executives, Jonathan Taub and Brad Brunell, joined Acacia in 
| the last several months.  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1543


Does the Linux Patent Suit Involve Microsoft?

,----[ Quote ]
| Then, it quotes other research that Illinois-based IP Innovation is a 
| subsidiary of California-based Acacia Technologies Group, which, in July, 
| announced that Jonathan Traub, former Microsoft Director of Strategic 
| Alliances for Mobile and Embedded Devices, was joining the company as a vice 
| president.    
| 
| Earlier this month, Acacia said that Brad Brunell was coming aboard as senior 
| vice preisdent. Brunell is the former manager of intellectual property 
| licensing at Microsoft. In fairness, Groklaw did note that Acacia, which is 
| in the business of licensing and lawsuits, also has sued Microsoft.   
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http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=033001XVYLC6


Novell, Microsoft, and far too many coincidences in the Linux desktop patent
suit

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| Thinking more about all those darned coincidences in the IP Innovation 
| lawsuit launched against Red Hat and Novell recently over the Linux desktop, 
| I decided to list them out:  
| 
|         * One or more former Microsoft licensing execs join Acacia or one or 
|         its companies; 
|         * Ballmer makes his most recent statement regarding Red Hat;
|         * Almost the same day, Red Hat (and presumbably Novell) receive 
|         notice of the alleged infringement from IP Innovation (Acacia); 
|         * Before either company has a chance to consider the letter and 
|         respond, IP Innovation files its lawsuit in Texas; 
|         * Novell changes all of its IP indemnification the same day (which it 
|         has named "Technology Assurance Program" as contrasted with Red Hat's 
|         Open Source Assurance Program Novell apparently isn't interested in 
|         assuring open source, just technology ;-);   
|         * Novell's new program notes a change in the Microsoft/Novell deal 
|         that covers GPLv3 code distributed by Novell for downstream 
|         recipients.  
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9796697-16.html

Got to read some more and digest this. It sounds like SCO 2.0, funded by the
Mafia^tm. Just follow the money and the favour trail.

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