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IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, open standard, fear, Linux, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, Microsoft Corp., HP

Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open source, legal action, enterprise, lawsuit, intellectual property, IBM Corp., Unix, code, London, Linux

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, OpenOffice.org, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, Linux, intellectual property, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., lawyer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

Novell vows patent defense of open source

October 12, 2004 Software maker says it will defend customers' open-source packages as vigorously as it would defend its own products. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, open-source software, open source, defense, intellectual property, CEO, IBM Corp., Linux

Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection

November 4, 2006 Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. TAGS: indemnification, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Larry Ellison, Linux seller, SCO Group Inc., Oracle Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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