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Intellectual property battles will wound Linux
News As the battle escalates with SCO upping the ante -- seeking more than $3bn (£1.78bn) in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux -- deep throats in the IX biz (Unix, Linux) are talking and, as reported...
[June 18, 2003, 16:05]
Microsoft's SCO licensing deal 'snubs Linux'
News Microsoft's licensing of rights to Unix technology from the SCO Group lends heavyweight backing to SCO's intellectual-property claims and helps Microsoft combat Linux, a growing marketplace threat to its operating system, analysts said.
[May 20, 2003, 7:24]
SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims
News SCO Group has been ordered to pay a €10,000 (£7,900) fine in Germany for making claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix. SCO can't say in Germany that Linux violates SCO's [intellectual property] or that end users could be liable...
[August 21, 2008, 16:29]
SCO warns businesses over Linux liabilities
News SCO Group, a financially struggling company that claims its Unix intellectual property has been illegally incorporated into Linux, has sent letters to about 1,500 of the world's largest corporations warning they could be liable for using Linux.
[May 15, 2003, 7:28]
SuSE: SCO's anti-Linux attacks are 'curious'
News SuSE Linux has said it plans to continue honouring its commitments to Linux group UnitedLinux, despite allegations by SCO Group -- also a UnitedLinux founding member -- that Linux contains unauthorised intellectual property.
[May 15, 2003, 13:46]
IBM demands details of SCO dealings with HP, Microsoft, Sun
News The long-running legal battle between IBM and SCO over the claim that Linux violates SCO's intellectual property took another twist on Tuesday, when IBM sent subpoenas to Microsoft, HP, Sun and Baystar.
[February 22, 2006, 12:55]
Linux 'infringes 283 patents' - insurance group
News Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.
[August 2, 2004, 8:40]
SCO ready to hit Australian Linux users
News Australia's corporate community will get their first real taste of the SCO Group's campaign for compensation for alleged intellectual property breaches involving Linux before the end of the first quarter.
[January 9, 2004, 9:35]
SCO takes on US government supercomputers
News The SCO Group, the company that's hoping to profit from its assertion that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, has threatened legal action against two federal supercomputer users, letters released on Thursday show.
[March 22, 2004, 11:30]
Red Hat offers Linux patent protection
News Faced with new competitive challenges from Novell, Microsoft and Oracle, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. As with any indemnification provision, if [a customer] were to get sued for...
[November 6, 2006, 8:37]
Microsoft and Novell clash over patents
News Novell and Microsoft have clashed over the question of whether Linux infringes Microsoft's intellectual property, just 18 days into their controversial partnership. But following Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer's claims on Friday that Linux...
[November 21, 2006, 12:49]
Corporates undeterred by Linux fuss
News One important section of the Linux market, large companies, so far does not seem fazed by SCO Group's warnings that Linux violates its Unix intellectual property, according to a study released on Thursday.
[July 25, 2003, 7:41]
SCO sues IBM over Unix, Linux
News SCO Group, inheritor of the intellectual property for the Unix operating system, has sued IBM for more than $1bn, or about £630m, alleging that Big Blue misappropriated SCO's Unix technology and built it into Linux.
[March 7, 2003, 7:33]
SCO dangles Linux-licence carrot
News SCO Group, a company that says Linux infringes on its Unix intellectual property, announced on Monday that it has been granted key Unix copyrights and will start a programme to let companies that run Linux avoid litigation by paying licensing fees.
[July 22, 2003, 7:51]
Ballmer repeats threats against Linux
News Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. Microsoft has suggested that Linux software infringes some of its intellectual property, but...
[February 20, 2007, 13:08]
SCO wants another $2bn from IBM
News The US company has upped the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than $3bn (£1.78bn) in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux. As IBM executives know, a significant flaw of Linux is...
[June 17, 2003, 15:40]
SCO reports profit and vows to fight on
News SCO Group, the Unix company whose litigious streak has rocked the Linux world, reported a profit on Thursday and said it has enough money to continue waging its intellectual property fight. McBride said the company's improved financial results...
[August 15, 2003, 10:20]
SCO target asks for suit to be dismissed
News DaimlerChrysler has asked a judge to dismiss the SCO Group's lawsuit against the company, one of several high-profile cases that have entangled Linux in SCO's intellectual-property claims over Unix. SCO has threatened to sue Linux users that don't...
[April 30, 2004, 9:45]
Unix copyrights emerge from shadows
News The SCO 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 rights for the Linux operating system.
[January 14, 2004, 8:55]
SCO refreshes Unix line-up
News The SCO Group unveiled a handful of new Unix products on Tuesday, a day after warning that its declining software business could be hurt by legal claims that Linux infringes on the company's intellectual property.
[June 16, 2004, 9:10]
