Legal commentators weigh SCO's chances (Inquirer)

Legal commentators weigh SCO's chances (Inquirer)

Posted Jul 30, 2003 0:04 UTC (Wed) by rgmoore (subscriber, #75)
In reply to: Legal commentators weigh SCO's chances (Inquirer) by jdthood
Parent article: Legal commentators weigh SCO's chances (Inquirer)

Where are the claims on the basis of patent law?

Not until they've lost all hope. They're suing IBM, which has the biggest patent portfolio of anyone in the business. If SCO sues IBM for patent infringement, the countersuit will come so fast that SCO's lawyers will get whiplash. And it'll be big, and IBM will win, and quite possibly they'll wind up owning SCO when all's said and done.

SCO might possibly be able to win against IBM in a breach of contract lawsuit. I doubt that IBM's army of lawyers would have let them do anything that stupid, but maybe they made a mistake and did something they shouldn't have. There's no way on Earth that SCO can go toe to toe with IBM on patents and have a prayer of winning.

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