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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. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, OpenOffice.org, Linux kernel, Linux, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., lawyer, article

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. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, Novell Inc., Week in review, reader, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux, U.S.

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. TAGS: patent, Oracle Corp., open source, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, database

Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents

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, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, Linux, fear, open standard, intellectual property, operating system, U.S., database, HP, Microsoft Corp.

CA readies patent pledge

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., Sun Solaris, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., database

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, open-source software, open source, defense, intellectual property, CEO, Linux, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, open source, pledge, open-source software, intellectual property

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. TAGS: intellectual property, patent, open source, open-source company, open-source software, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, software company

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. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, GNU, open-source software, intellectual property, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

Lawyer: Open-source risks overblown

November 2, 2005 Prominent open-source software attorney says the GPL already minimizes many risks of using free and open-source software. TAGS: GPL, open-source software, risk, Free Software Foundation, general counsel, patent, lawyer, open source

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, software patent, criticism, open standard, open source, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, infringement, engineer, Linux kernel, intellectual property, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., open source, Linux

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. TAGS: patent, U.K., Europe, supplier, open-source software, Linux, U.S., threat, open source, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Web service, open-source community, open source, patent, open-source software, specification, royalty, standards, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, FAQ, developer, lawyer, concern, Microsoft Corp., XML

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. TAGS: patent, software patent, open source, Steve Mills, intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, Red Hat Inc., LinuxWorld, ally, IBM Corp., open-source software, Sun Solaris, Linux, threat, San Francisco, programming

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. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open source, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., innovation, Sun Solaris, Linux, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

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. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., open-source software company, RDBMS, object-oriented, open source, open-source software, patent, Texas, complaint, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., software company, database

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, patent infringement, Scott McNealy, SCO Group Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Linux, patent, Unix, protection, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., Java

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., stock option, patent, open source, open-source software, agreement, Linux, Microsoft Corp.