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May 26, 2005 Finnish company is the latest to begin offering intellectual-property protections to open-source programmers. TAGS: Linux kernel, patent, Nokia Corp., open-source software, open-source programmer, Linux, intellectual property, IBM Corp., open source

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

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., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., lawyer, article

February 18, 2005 As it tries to cozy up to open-source developers, Computer Associates plans to follow IBM's and Sun's example of donating patents. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., patent, open-source developer, open source, company representative, IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, 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, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

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, Linux, IBM Corp.

August 11, 2005 Red Hat and OSDL's new patent efforts take a different tack in trying to deter some intellectual-property attacks. TAGS: patent, Steve Mills, software patent, open source, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, LinuxWorld, Red Hat Inc., ally, IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Solaris, Linux, threat, San Francisco, programming

June 30, 2006 Company gets hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., RDBMS, open-source software company, object-oriented, open source, open-source software, patent, Texas, Sun Microsystems Inc., complaint, Oracle Corp., software company, IBM Corp., database

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, Scott McNealy, patent infringement, SCO Group Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Linux, patent, Unix, open-source software, IBM Corp., protection, Red Hat Inc., Java

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