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Post #336,121
by crazy
11/24/10 4:45:25 AM
11/24/10 4:45:39 AM
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New Did they buy the rights to use the patents?
Or enforce the patents?

The side consortium, that is.
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Post #336,124
by folkert
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11/24/10 9:03:11 AM
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New Its currently unclear...
There isn't any clarification being provided either.
Post #336,151
by altmann
11/24/10 4:16:58 PM
11/24/10 4:18:12 PM
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New Patents
The CPTN (Microsoft) deal is for patents.

"Patent Purchase Agreement
Also on November 21, 2010, Novell entered into a Patent Purchase Agreement (the “Patent Purchase Agreement”) with CPTN Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft Corporation (“CPTN”). The Patent Purchase Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Patent Purchase Agreement, Novell will sell to CPTN all of Novell’s right, title and interest in 882 patents (the “Assigned Patents”) for $450 million in cash (the “Patent Sale”)."

http://www.sec.gov/A...510265965/d8k.htm
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Post #336,155
by folkert
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11/24/10 5:12:49 PM
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New Re: Patents
Which patents are we talking about Yes I know 882 patents...
Which ones...

Many people come up with about 142 short on Patents Novell and SuSE have.

Seems like there is no list of Patents included in the 882
Post #337,341
by Another Scott
12/16/10 8:05:45 PM
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New The buyers of the patents.
http://www.macrumors...-for-450-million/

Foss Patents reports that a joint venture company involving Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, and EMC has acquired 882 patents from Novell for a sum of $450 million. Novell is undergoing a transition as it has been acquired by software company Attachmate, and the patent sale is part of the acquisition deal.


FWIW.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #337,356
by folkert
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12/16/10 10:47:59 PM
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New Bleah...
Just what I need.

The four most litigation happy companies/corporations I know of in the IT world. Of course not counting the Patent trolls... which I think perhaps this might just have become one.
     Fsck.... me. - (folkert) - (12) - Nov. 22, 2010, 01:24:29 PM EST
         ROFL - "...lucrative copyrights for Unix System V." Yeah. -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 22, 2010, 01:33:57 PM EST
         Care to analyze that first comment? - (drook) - Nov. 22, 2010, 04:58:21 PM EST
         Something doesn't make sense. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2010, 05:24:16 PM EST
             Patents - (altmann) - Nov. 22, 2010, 05:46:44 PM EST
         It's over - (crazy) - (7) - Nov. 23, 2010, 03:56:50 AM EST
             I don't have a problem with Novell being... - (folkert) - (6) - Nov. 23, 2010, 09:51:09 AM EST
                 Did they buy the rights to use the patents? - (crazy) - (5) - Nov. 24, 2010, 04:45:39 AM EST
                     Its currently unclear... - (folkert) - (4) - Nov. 24, 2010, 09:03:11 AM EST
                         Patents - (altmann) - (3) - Nov. 24, 2010, 04:18:12 PM EST
                             Re: Patents - (folkert) - (2) - Nov. 24, 2010, 05:12:49 PM EST
                                 The buyers of the patents. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2010, 08:05:45 PM EST
                                     Bleah... - (folkert) - Dec. 16, 2010, 10:47:59 PM EST

I see mass suicides and riots in the future as every urkel fashion sense inspired computer nerd throws down their oxy pads and mutters, "enough is enough," then takes to the streets, scsi cards in hand, and it will be dark, dark day indeed my friend.
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