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OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office

August 27, 2004 The lab home of Linux founder Linus Torvalds hires an intellectual-property attorney and says hello to Beijing. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Beijing, consortium, Linus Torvalds, intellectual property, attorney, lawyer, founder, office, Linux, China

SCO suit now seeks $3 billion from IBM

June 17, 2003 SCO Group ups the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than $3 billion in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linus Torvalds, Unix, amendment, Utah, Linux, intellectual property, IBM Corp., suit, damage, attorney, litigation, code, claim, Novell Inc.

Judge accepts expanded SCO lawsuit

February 28, 2004 A judge OKs the SCO Group's changes to a lawsuit against IBM that now seeks $5 billion in damages for Big Blue's alleged moving of Unix intellectual property into Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., damage, suit, lawsuit, Judge, Utah, intellectual property, Novell Inc., attorney

Year in review: Linux under attack

December 19, 2003 Lawsuits, threats and conspiracy theories swirled across the open-source landscape as the Linux operating system gained new converts. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linux, David Boies, Unix, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Linux seller, intellectual property, lawsuit, suit, open source, desktop computer, attorney, attack, operating system, server

SCO opens new front in Linux war

December 23, 2003 SCO Group targets a new group in an effort to profit from what it says is illegal use of Unix intellectual property in Linux, but Novell claims it still holds copyrights. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., wrench, Novell Inc., Unix, licensee, Linux, intellectual property, auditing, Linux seller, letter, IBM Corp., attorney, AT&T Corp., operating system, open source

Settling down?

April 2, 2004 Microsoft's top attorney, Brad Smith, says the software giant's recent antitrust settlements reflect its "very committed" stance on industry collaboration. TAGS: Brad Smith, patent, intellectual property, interoperability, antitrust, open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, attorney, collaboration, Microsoft .NET, open source, Java, Linux, Microsoft Corp., server

Red Hat's case against SCO put on hold

April 7, 2004 A federal judge denies SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by the Linux seller but put the case on hold, awaiting an outcome in a related case. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Red Hat Inc., Unix, Linux, suit, Novell Inc., outcome, motion, Linux seller, IBM Corp., federal judge, attorney, intellectual property, open source, operating system

SCO warns of IBM lawsuit risks

March 31, 2003 The company says its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could have other consequences. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Morgan Keegan Co., trade secret, shareholder, IBM Corp., lawsuit, suit, Utah, Unix, Linux, attorney, intellectual property

SCO targets federal supercomputer users

March 19, 2004 The company sends letters threatening two Energy Department facilities with legal action for using Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., supercomputer, legal action, Linux, letter, Unix, facility, intellectual property, IBM Corp., open source, attorney

SCO seeks to buttress case against Big Blue

July 16, 2004 Meanwhile, a judge temporarily stays the Unix company's legal campaign against AutoZone. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., summary judgment, Unix company, Unix, Linus Torvalds, Linux, IBM Corp., discovery, suit, attorney, intellectual property
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