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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, open-source software, Linux, Linux kernel, OpenOffice.org, Steve Ballmer, intellectual property, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

November 21, 2005 CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system. TAGS: patent, Open Source Development Labs, open-source community, Linux, open source, lawyer, developer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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, Linux, fear, open standard, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, Microsoft Corp., HP

October 21, 2005 Scientigo is close to signing a deal with an IP-licensing firm to try to "monetize" patents it says are infringed by XML. TAGS: patent, XML, SGML, intellectual property, claim, royalty, software company, asset, lawyer, IBM Corp., agreement, IP, Microsoft Corp.

November 21, 2006 update Novell CEO issues open letter saying deal is not an admission that the open-source OS infringes on Microsoft's patents.New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell agreement on its head? TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, agreement, Linux, Linux company, SuSE Linux, intellectual property, Steve Ballmer, letter, SuSE, Microsoft Corp., open source, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., CEO

October 24, 2005 Sun to update Solaris 10 by year's end. Also: IBM expands free access to patents for education, health care. TAGS: Jini, Sun Solaris 10, open source, Sun Solaris, patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenDocument Format, IBM Corp., health care, blog, Oracle Corp., Java, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Firefox, database

February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., open source, IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, founder, chairman, Mozilla Corp., programming

September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, intellectual property, patent, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

April 18, 2007 Key politicians vow to pass bill that's drawing rave reviews from high-tech firms but resistance from other quarters. TAGS: bill, high-technology company, politician, patent, litigation, intellectual property, Rep., Sen., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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