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New trial date in IBM-SCO case

July 7, 2005 Federal judge resets trial date to February 2007, allowing time to depose Big Blue chief Sam Palmisano. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Palmisano, IBM Corp., trial, federal judge, Judge, motion, request, intellectual property, complaint, Unix, CEO, Linux

Open-source leader: SCO suits a boon to Linux

March 10, 2005 The OSDL's Stuart Cohen says the litigation is "one of the best things that ever happened to the operating system." TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Open Source Development Labs, diligence, litigation, Linux, IBM Corp., intellectual property, London, CEO, 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, IBM Corp., shareholder, lawsuit, suit, Unix, intellectual property, court, attorney, Linux

IBM issues subpoenas for tech giants' SCO dealings

February 22, 2006 To build defense in long-running legal battle over Unix use, Big Blue demands details from Microsoft, HP, Sun and BayStar. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., BayStar Capital, subpoena, Unix, dealing, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., agreement, investment, communication, defense, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Linux, HP, Microsoft Corp.

SCO reports deeper loss, shrinking revenue

December 22, 2004 It's another quarter of financial bad news for the firm engaged in litigation over Unix and Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., SCOsource, SCO OpenServer, litigation, Unix, intellectual property, CFO, Linux, IBM Corp., CEO

How to fight against patent terrorism

January 6, 2005 Attorney Richard Wilder says CIOs will increasingly need to weigh indemnification policies before making purchases. TAGS: indemnification, intellectual property, patent infringement, infringement, lawsuit, SCO Group Inc., terrorist, open-source software, Novell Inc., threat, protection, Linux, software company, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft heralds study on customer legal protections

February 10, 2005 A new study points out that the software maker offers more protection than that given by open-source rivals. TAGS: legal protection, SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, open source, protection, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux

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., London, code, Unix, Linux

EU plan could put open sourcers in court

August 2, 2005 A proposed European law on IP infringement could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court, experts say. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., directive, infringement, intellectual property right, Free Software Foundation, intellectual property, law firm, court, European Union, IP, law, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

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, Linux, open source, patent, Unix, protection, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., Java

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, Linux seller, Linux, Larry Ellison, SCO Group Inc., Oracle Corp., Novell Inc., open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Collision course for Symantec and Microsoft

May 22, 2006 Its lawsuit against Microsoft could put the brakes on Vista as competition between the companies heats up. TAGS: Symantec Corp., intellectual property, VERITAS Software Corp., SCO Group Inc., lawsuit, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Samba, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., lawyer, Linux, consortium, center, law, intellectual property, Unix, professor
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