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Novell to retain Unix copyrights in merger

...to Unix, despite its merger with Attachmate. Novell is to retain its Unix copyrights as part of its deal with Attachmate. Photo credit: CNET News... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn

German investigation of Novell patent sale halted

...Holdings to buy 882 patents from Novell (not including the company's Unix copyrights). The filing was the first public identification of Microsoft's partners... Read more

12 January, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple, Oracle, EMC joined Microsoft in Novell patent buy

...although, as Novell subsequently stressed, these would not include the firm's Unix copyrights. On 9 December, CPTN Holdings filed documentation with the German antitrust... Read more

16 December, 2010

Contract amendment 'gives SCO Unix copyrights

...and the amendment appears to give SCO at least some of the Unix copyrights that could bolster its potential legal claims against Linux users. The... Read more

6 June, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

SCO suit won't stop Linux use, says OSDL

...claiming ownership of Unix. SCO, which maintains ownership to a number of Unix copyrights, also is embroiled in a $5bn suit against IBM that contends... Read more

10 February, 2004 by Matt Hines

Unix copyrights emerge from shadows

...Group and Novell began publicly airing documents related to their dispute over Unix copyrights, which are important factors in SCO's claim to intellectual property... Read more

14 January, 2004 by Matt Hines and Stephen Shankland

SCO group wins Unix copyright appeal

...on Monday. A federal judge had earlier ruled that Novell had retained Unix copyrights when it sold its Unix business to the Santa Cruz Operation... Read more

26 August, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

SCO attacks Novell over Linux sales

...against Novell, whose sales of Linux, SCO argues, violate SCO's purported Unix copyrights. SCO filed its request to add the claim on Dec. 30... Read more

9 January, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Red Hat must wait for SCO ruling

...suit against earlier Unix owner Novell, rebutting claims that Novell still owns Unix copyrights; a suit against former SCO customer AutoZone, asserting that its use... Read more

8 April, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Hackers take SCO Web site offline

...Web site of SCO, which is fighting a controversial legal battle concerning Unix copyrights Read more

26 August, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

EU lawmakers threaten open source

...over their use of Linux. SCO claimed that AutoZone infringed on SCO Unix copyrights through its use of Linux and that DaimlerChrysler had breached its... Read more

1 August, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Making IP infringement a crime

Open source developers, software users and file sharers could face criminal charges for intellectual-property infringement, if a proposed EU law is approved Read more

1 August, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Contract arguments reanimate SCO dispute

In the latest step in a legal battle over Unix copyrights, Novell has filed a countersuit against the SCO Group, charging it... Read more

1 August, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

SCO dodges knockout blow

...declaration through that its Linux activities hadn't violated SCO's purported Unix copyrights, as SCO had claimed publicly and in its lawsuit. Although US... Read more

10 February, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Open source defence centre launched

...academic. The SCO Group sued AutoZone in 2004, arguing that Linux violates Unix copyrights SCO has claimed. And Microsoft's Steve Ballmer drew public attention... Read more

1 February, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

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