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Red Hat seeks to reawaken SCO case

April 21, 2004 The Linux company asks a judge to let its copyright-related suit go ahead, and not wait until a related case between IBM and SCO is resolved. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., Linux company, Utah, lawyer, Linux, open source

Apple names new head lawyer

November 13, 2006 Following Nancy Heinen's departure, Mac maker taps IBM veteran Donald Rosenberg to take reins of its legal department. TAGS: Mac maker, Apple Computer, lawyer, stock option, Steve Jobs, CFO, IBM Corp.

SCO lawyers promised settlement payday

November 6, 2003 Lawyers representing SCO Group in the software maker's ongoing intellectual-property litigation could stand to benefit significantly if the company settles its pending lawsuits or is sold. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., law firm, David Boies, lawyer, intellectual property, lawsuit, litigation, agreement, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., software company, open source

Linux lab hires lawyers for Torvalds

November 14, 2003 The Open Source Development Lab will pay to represent Linus Torvalds, the Linux operating system founder who this week was subpoenaed in connection with a $3 billion suit against IBM. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Open Source Development Labs, SCO Group Inc., lab, suit, IBM Corp., Linux, law firm, Unix, consortium, founder, GPL, Red Hat Inc., lawyer, open source, operating system

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

SCO subpoenas Linux leaders

November 13, 2003 Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., subpoena, BayStar Capital, IBM Corp., kernel, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Open Source Development Labs, lawsuit, request, source code, court, claim, lawyer, Unix

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

Red Hat adds legal firepower

May 18, 2004 The Linux seller taps a former associate general counsel of IBM to be its top lawyer as its legal attack against SCO heats up. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Red Hat Inc., general counsel, Linux seller, IBM Corp., intellectual property, Linux, open source, lawyer, open-source software, attack

SCO's failing case against IBM

March 9, 2004 Open-source advocate Bruce Perens says SCO will need more than fancy footwork to pull off its argument in the Linux code dispute. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., IBM AIX, Open Group, Unix, AT&T Corp., claim, IBM Corp., Linux, argument, API, lawyer, open source, Novell Inc.

Cancer victims go to court against IBM

November 3, 2003 Lawyers are set to begin arguments this week in a landmark legal case that seeks to hold IBM responsible for alleged toxic chemical poisoning of employees at its manufacturing plants. TAGS: cancer, chemical, semiconductor industry, semiconductor, IBM Corp., manufacturing, argument, study, worker, lawsuit, health, lawyer, chip company, hard drive

Web services patents fetch $15.5 million

December 7, 2004 Mysterious winning bidder in Commerce One patent auction dashes out of court without discussing plans. TAGS: Commerce One, bidder, auction, patent, bankruptcy, attorney, bid, Web service, IBM Corp., lawyer, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Small company makes big claims on XML patents

October 21, 2005 Scientigo is close to signing a deal with an IP-licensing firm to try to "monetize" patents it says are infringed by XML. TAGS: patent, SGML, XML, claim, royalty, intellectual property, asset, IBM Corp., lawyer, agreement, software company, IP, Microsoft Corp.

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: Samba, Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Free Software Foundation, open source, lawyer, Linus Torvalds, center, Linux, SCO Group Inc., consortium, law, open-source software, Unix, intellectual property, IBM Corp.

Patent auctions: Lawyer's dream or way of the future?

March 3, 2006 Dinner, drinks and a bitter lawsuit: You might find them both at the Ocean Tomo patent auction next month. TAGS: patent, auction, intellectual property, lawsuit, asset, consulting company, IBM Corp., RFID, lawyer, bank, IP, HP

Oracle ruling highlights complexity of market

September 13, 2004 Business-software maker's antitrust victory may pave the way for accelerated merger activity in overcrowded IT markets, experts say. TAGS: antitrust, merger, Mercury Interactive Corp., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., enterprise application, Judge, lawyer, SAP AG, IBM Corp., government, Microsoft Corp.

Invention intervention--fixing the patent system

August 4, 2005 Lawyers, companies and politicians all agree that the system is in desperate need of reform. But agreement ends there. TAGS: defendant, litigation, patent, Washington, lawyer, IBM Corp., agency

E-mail sleuthing made easy

January 26, 2006 In an age when your in-box can end up as Exhibit A, tech for following the corporate e-mail trail gets more sophisticated. TAGS: Clearwell Systems, EMC Corp., e-mail archiving, Sequoia Capital, entrepreneur, archiving, regulator, e-mail, Microsoft Exchange Server, lawyer, IBM Corp., Google Inc., server

Staking a claim in the patent gold mine

July 20, 2005 Who does the system protect--unsung inventors or opportunist litigants? TAGS: Paul Ryan, Rambus Inc., patent, invention, intellectual property, lawyer, IBM Corp., U.S.

JBoss to indemnify customers

November 17, 2003 In an effort to offer the same guarantees as commercial software, the open-source Java server software company will indemnify its customers from legal liability associated with its software. TAGS: JBoss Inc., JBoss, indemnification, Apache Software Foundation, David Byer, Java server software company, commercial software company, server software company, BEA Systems Inc., support services, Java 2, J2EE, open source, letter, SCO Group Inc., source code
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