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Showing 1-16 of 16 results foundNokia: Linux kernel may use our patents
May 26, 2005 Finnish company is the latest to begin offering intellectual-property protections to open-source programmers.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.Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive
May 18, 2007 Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far.Oracle bands with open-source patent group
March 27, 2007 Database giant agrees not to sue over patents in Linux and associated open-source software--including open-source databases.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.HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal
February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president.Gauging Microsoft threat to Europe's Linux users
September 20, 2007 Company could call on patents filed with the European Patent Office to sue U.K. open-source users, but the situation's complicated.Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far
May 16, 2007 It's unrealistic for Microsoft to expect open-source groups to actively seek out patent infringements, experts say.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.Novell joins EFF for patent reform
May 23, 2007 Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work.Open-source honchos trash software patents
February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit.Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
May 14, 2007 Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents.Open-source allies go on patent offensive
August 11, 2005 Red Hat and OSDL's new patent efforts take a different tack in trying to deter some intellectual-property attacks.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 techNovell to detail Microsoft patent pact
May 23, 2007 Delayed annual report will offer details of Novell's patent, interoperability and sales partnership with Redmond.GPL getting tougher on patent deals
March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software."
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