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Microsoft Files Suit to Defend Visual Studio Users
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| Microsoft is not mentioned in any of the three complaints. However, in the
| suit that Microsoft filed against WebXchange, it says that the charges relate
| to the companies' use of Microsoft's Visual Studio software. By asking the
| court to declare WebXchange's patents invalid, Microsoft hopes to defend its
| customers FedEx, Dell and Allstate and spare the thousands of other Visual
| Studio users from similar suits, Microsoft says.
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| FedEx, Dell and Allstate have already sought indemnification from Microsoft,
| Microsoft said in the lawsuit. Most large software makers like Microsoft
| indemnify their customers, meaning that if their products are found to cause
| harm including patent infringement, the software developer will bear the
| responsibility for the problems.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/154014/.html?tk=rss_news
Guess which patents are not infringed in the Microsoft Visual Studio suit?
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| WebXchange is suing Microsoft--or, rather, three of its customers--for
| allegedly infringing its patents in Microsoft Visual Studio, as CNET reports.
| Just desserts? Nah. Microsoft rarely sues anyone, preferring instead to
| threaten to sue.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10100893-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Microsoft in patent battle over Visual Studio
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| "Microsoft filed this action to protect our customers and ourselves against
| spurious patent infringement lawsuits filed by WebXchange," Microsoft said in
| a statement. "We will demonstrate to the Court that WebXchange's patents are
| not infringed by Microsoft technology and that WebXchange's patents are
| invalid and unenforceable."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10099745-56.html
Recent:
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
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
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| 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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