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Novell sold to AttachmateNovell sold to AttachmatePosted Nov 23, 2010 0:03 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: Novell sold to Attachmate by coriordan Parent article: Novell sold to Attachmate
I expect that contracts and agreements with OIN still stand and will continue to stand for as long as those agreements were originally set to last.
It's not like when you buy a company then all of a sudden you eliminated all the original company's obligations. The good and the bad are part of what you buy.
To know for certain you'll have to look at the OIN contracts and see if there is any escape clause or whatever for pulling your patents back out. Like if Novell could buy themselves out of the OIN then it would be possible for the new patent holders to do that also.
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Novell sold to Attachmate Posted Nov 23, 2010 2:33 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Actually, I think that Microsoft may well have paid more monetary damages to patent trolls than any other software company. While they may gain from patent FUD (as in "don't implement that or maybe we might be able to sue you"), if actual patent wars break out their pockets are deep and they have a lot to lose.
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