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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Attacks Over Patents, for Revenue

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Microsoft takes mouse maker to court

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| Microsoft said it has filed a complaint with the International Trade 
| Commission after failing to be able to negotiate a licensing deal with Primax 
| Electronics. In the complaint, Microsoft is seeking an order barring Primax 
| from importing infringing products into the United States.    
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10002919-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Microsoft goes to court over mouse patents

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| Microsoft also is expected to file suit in U.S. District Court, seeking 
| damages.  
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/144827.asp?source=rss

This is significant. The bullies are actually attacking for a change, not just
threatening. They become a licensing/marketing company. SCO 2.


Recent:

SCO vs. Linux – mixed reactions to Novell Unix copyright verdict

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| From hackers to financial analysts, the question of what happens next is
| occupying the minds of many in the IT industry – not all of them as
| well-informed as Pamela Jones, the good fairy behind Groklaw, a website which
| follows such cases. She has told Infoworld that Microsoft will be the next
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| SCO Group; the company has been loudly rattling its patent sabres, claiming
| ^^^^^^^^^
| earlier this year that Linux violated mote than 235 Microsoft patents.
| Whether Microsoft goes beyond mere sabre rattling and whether SCO manages
| anything more than a last gasp is also a question of how you evaluate the
| course of court proceedings so far.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/features/SCO-vs-Linux-mixed-reactions-to-Novell-Unix-copyright-verdict--/110819

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