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Saving Linux from the lawyers

 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, Linux, open-source community, lawyer, open source, IBM Corp., developer, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system, server, Microsoft Windows

Mandriva latest to reject Microsoft

 June 22, 2007 Company follows other Linux distributors in publicly spurning Microsoft's interest in a patent protection agreement. TAGS: Mandriva, Linux company, interoperability, Ubuntu, patent, Linux, Novell Inc., agreement, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., blog, open source, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft FAT patent falls flat

 September 30, 2004 Open-source advocates notch a victory, since the technology is used by Linux. Now Redmond has 90 days to respond. TAGS: patent, Public Patent Foundation, Lexar Media Inc., Linux, USB flash drive, intellectual property, open source, Unix, Microsoft Corp., digital camera, camera, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's Linux-related patents rejected

 October 5, 2005 U.S. Patent Office rejects claims on popular FAT storage format, used in the open-source OS. But software giant can pursue issue further. TAGS: Public Patent Foundation, rejection, patent, flash memory, art, Linux, Microsoft Corp., open source, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft file patent faces exam

 June 11, 2004 Public-interest group wants FAT file system patent yanked for the good of Linux. TAGS: patent, Public Patent Foundation, file system, request, intellectual property, Linux, founder, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's file system patent upheld

 January 10, 2006 After initially rejecting patents on the Windows file system, the Patent and Trademark Office rules them valid. TAGS: Public Patent Foundation, File Allocation Table, patent, file system, decision, flash memory, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, Microsoft Windows Server, Sun Microsystems Inc., collaboration, attorney, Microsoft .NET, Java, open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., server

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

 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, patent, intellectual property, standards, open-source community, vendor, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows

HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight

 July 20, 2004 Hewlett-Packard backs away from 2002 memo fearing its close ally was ready to sic lawyers on open-source software. TAGS: memo, Sendmail Inc., open-source software, patent infringement, Samba, GPL, SCO Group Inc., HP, Apache Software Foundation, open source, intellectual property, Linux, patent, Linux seller, spokeswoman, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft patent peace--or patent war?

 November 3, 2006 By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm? TAGS: Novell Inc., intellectual property, open-source programmer, open source, license agreement, patent, Red Hat Inc., Linux, GPL, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., software company, Microsoft Windows
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