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InternetNews November 8, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
OSRM Tracing Linux Patents in EU As the EU approaches a vote on software patent law, open source group starts tracing source of Linux patent infringements.  |
InternetNews August 2, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux's Patent Risk A patent review of the OS uncovers 283 patents, a third of which are held by Linux-friendly corporations like Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat and Sony.  |
InternetNews August 4, 2004 Michael Singer |
Groups Debate Linux Kernel Defense IBM has no intention of disputing patents based on the Linux kernel... Red Hat signs a new development partner... Experts challenge Linux developers...  |
InternetNews March 28, 2011 |
What is the Value of Red Hat's Patents? Linux leader Red Hat has now been recognized for the strength of its patents, what is it doing with all that intellectual property?  |
InternetNews May 14, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft: Open Source Infringes on 235 Patents Microsoft continues to allege Linux patent infringement but still doesn't identify which ones.  |
InternetNews November 23, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Patent Protection Group Loses Ally Groklaw's PJ resigns from Open Source Risk Management in the wake of Steve Ballmer's use of the group's study on Linux and patents.  |
InternetNews October 10, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston |
Ballmer: Red Hat Has 'Obligation' to Pay Up Just when the clash between Linux supporters and Microsoft seemed to have subsided, CEO Steve Ballmer ratchets it up a notch.  |
InternetNews August 10, 2005 Jim Wagner |
OSDL Creates Patent Commons Project The open source organization wants to create a single point of reference for software patents.  |
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Clint Boulton |
New Company Launched to Spread Linux IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony form the Open Invention Network to acquire patents and offer them royalty-free in order to extend open source operating systems worldwide.  |
InternetNews November 18, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Ballmer Bearish on Linux Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer urged Asian government leaders not to take sides in the Linux versus Windows debate.  |
InternetNews June 17, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Big Strides For Civic Linux The open source OS makes it official with governments around the world.  |
InternetNews October 11, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Should Open Source Fear Microsoft Patents? Is there any substance to Steve Ballmer's latest claims about open source and Microsoft's patents?  |
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
EU Patent Fight Comes to the Fore An effort to stop software patents in the European Union got a boost this week with the launch of NoSoftwarePatents.com. Red Hat and MySQL AB are among the high-profile open source companies backing the effort.  |
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Nokia's Linux Pledge Nokia announced patent protections for the Linux kernel amid the launch of its new Linux-based product. Is this a coincidence?  |
InternetNews December 10, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Will Linux Defenders Save Linux from Microsoft? New legal initiative is designed to ensure quality patents and get rid of bad ones.  |
InternetNews July 22, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft, Red Hat Renew Linux Patent Spat Microsoft's code contribution doesn't mean it's letting Linux off the hook.  |
InternetNews December 20, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
2007: Open Source, Patents, SCO, And More It was a big year in open source.  |
InternetNews June 11, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft and Novell Still Bosom Buddies Can Linux and Windows really get along?  |
InternetNews May 3, 2010 |
Novell, Red Hat Win Victory in Patent Fight Rival open source vendors prevail in joint defense against infringement charges brought by firm trying to assert rights to invention covered under 1991 patent.  |
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT.  |
InternetNews October 16, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit Litigant targeting Red Hat and Novell in nation's first Linux patent-infringement case dismisses conspiracy theories.  |
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat to Protect Linux Customers On the eve of a LinuxWorld Expo in New York city, the number one distributor joins other Linux companies in offering a kind of warranty against lawsuits.  |
InternetNews September 14, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Inna Kuznetsova, Global Executive for Linux, IBM IBM exec Inna Kuznetsova talks about her role at IBM, the challenges she faces and her view on Microsoft's patent allegations and GPL version 3.  |
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Providers Hit With IP Suit First patent lawsuit against Linux charges Novell and Red Hat with infringement.  |
InternetNews June 28, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat Not 'Religious' About Microsoft As quarters go, the most recent one was a standout for Red Hat.  |
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Jim Wagner |
IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses.  |
InternetNews January 28, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: King of The Patent Hill Microsoft emerges as top tech patent holder with more than 15,000 patents pending.  |
InternetNews March 4, 2010 |
Microsoft Inks Linux Patent Deal With I-O Fresh off of its Linux licensing agreement with Amazon, Microsoft has dropped word that it's reach a similar patent accord with I-O Data Device, a Japanese hardware firm.  |
InternetNews May 7, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Dell on Open Source Roll A week after announcing a pre-load deal with Ubuntu, Dell buys into Microsoft-Novell Linux interoperability.  |
InternetNews April 25, 2011 |
Will Open Invention Network Growth Stop Patent Feuds? Open Invention Network gained 70 members in the last quarter in a bid to help mitigate open source patent risk, but it's not a silver bullet, or is it?  |
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat Frees Fedora, Calls For Commons Linux distributor Red Hat wrapped up its user conference in New Orleans this week by freeing its Fedora community Linux project and calling for the creation of a software patents commons.  |
InternetNews November 21, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft, Novell Trade Barbs Over Patent Deal Microsoft responds to Novell claims that it didn't sell out on patents to the software giant.  |
InternetNews February 17, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Red Hat, Microsoft in New Interoperability Pact Red Hat and Microsoft, the erstwhile operating system rivals, are teaming up on a virtualization interoperability deal between Microsoft's Windows Server and Red Hat's Enterprise Linux.  |
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft-Novell: Bad Omen For Open Source Linux Microsoft's Linux Strategy? Divide and conquer.  |
InternetNews June 4, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Xandros Takes Microsoft's Linux Patent Protection Small Linux vendor Xandros gets intellectual property protection from Microsoft for its users.  |
InternetNews March 20, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
TomTom Fights Microsoft Back But Not Over Linux In the wake of Microsoft's patent suit against the GPS device maker, TomTom chooses to fight -- but so far the wrangling has little to do with Linux and open source.  |
InternetNews January 22, 2004 Alexander Wolfe |
Perens: New Patent-Suit Threats Poised to Strike Open source guru Bruce Perens looks beyond the SCO Group suit over Linux and sees other problems looming.  |
InternetNews October 23, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft 'Protects' Japanese Linux Vendor Turbolinux is the latest Linux vendor to buy into Microsoft's patent protection.  |
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents Software compilation and editing are addressed in the patent awards.  |
InternetNews January 10, 2006 Clint Boulton |
USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S.  |
InternetNews January 17, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Mandriva and Turbolinux Join Forces to Unite Linux Mandriva Linux and Turbolinux are collaborating to create a common base for their respective Linux distributions.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2009 |
Microsoft Shares Virtualization Code With Linux Microsoft's march toward Linux interoperability is taking a leap forward this morning with the release of 20,000 lines of code under the GPLv2 open source license.  |
InternetNews April 8, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
Addressing the State of the Linux Union Linux stakeholders gather to celebrate the community's successes - and to sort out some fundamental disagreements.  |
InternetNews December 21, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Browsing, Open Source and Litigious Affairs Reviewing the highlights of open source trends from 2006 has to start with one day in November.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2010 |
Red Hat Issues Major Enterprise Linux Release With the release of the second beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the commercial Linux vendor inches a step closer to the final release, but the company is cagey on the timetable.  |
Knowledge@Wharton August 13, 2003 |
Open Source: Closing, Closing... It might look like the battle of David and Goliath, but in the case of the SCO Group vs. IBM, not too many people are rooting for David.  |
InternetNews December 23, 2010 |
Linux on the Grow in 2010 There were big advances for Linux in 2010, especially when it came to business adoption of the open source software.  |
InternetNews July 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Growth Signs For Euro Linux IT Services The market for Free and Open Source (FOSS) Linux related IT services in Western Europe will hit $228 million by 2008, according to new research by IDC.  |
InternetNews January 11, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft's FAT Patent Upheld The United States Patent & Trademark Office completed a reexamination of two Microsoft patents and decided to let them stand.  |
InternetNews March 31, 2010 |
Red Hat Refreshes Flagship Linux Server With version 5.5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the vendor is courting virtualization and Windows improvements, as well as a new crop of processors from Intel and AMD.  |