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Showing 1-16 of 16 results foundIBM 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.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.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.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.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.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.Education software firm OKs open-source patent use
February 1, 2007 Blackboard, whose software manages university courses, pledges not to use patents against open-source alternatives.Patents for dynamic Web pages to get another look
January 29, 2007 Patent Office will revisit two patents that critics say might imperil any site that employs a search feature or generates custom Web pages from user input.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.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.Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services
September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns.Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears
February 21, 2007 In unlikely combination, U.S. government and advocates of free and open-source software are backing Microsoft in patent spat with AT&T.Red Hat sued over JBoss technology
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.Novell 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." Sponsored matches for "patent"
