Sun countersues Azul over Java 'secrets'

By Stephen Shankland, CNET News, 4 May, 2006 09:20

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Sun Microsystems filed a countersuit Wednesday against Java hardware maker Azul Systems, arguing that the start-up infringed six Sun patents and misappropriated trade secrets to build its Java hardware.

In addition, the server and software company argued that Azul chief executive Stephen DeWitt, a former Sun employee, violated an agreement not to compete with Sun, according to a lawsuit filed in US District Court in San Jose for the northern California district -- the same court in which Azul filed a pre-emptive lawsuit in March against Sun, in search of an opinion that Azul didn't infringe 20 Sun patents.

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