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A brief look at IBM's counterclaims

A brief look at IBM's counterclaims

Posted Aug 7, 2003 19:26 UTC (Thu) by jdthood (guest, #4157)
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IBM and SCO never cross-licensed their patent portfolios? Remarkable.


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A brief look at IBM's counterclaims

Posted Aug 7, 2003 19:34 UTC (Thu) by Dabuk (subscriber, #1507) [Link]

I don't think SCO has many (any?) patents. They were never an especially innovative company. Not that that's required to get a patent these days.

Three patents possibly held by The SCO Group

Posted Aug 7, 2003 20:08 UTC (Thu) by StevenCole (guest, #3068) [Link]

These three are the only I've found so far:

6,529,784 Method and apparatus for monitoring computer systems and alerting users of actual or potential system errors.

6,362,836 Universal application server for providing applications on a variety of client devices in a client/server network.

6,104,392 Method of displaying an application on a variety of client devices in a client/server network.

The first is assigned to Caldera Systems, Inc. and the last two are assigned to The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.

Three patents possibly held by The SCO Group

Posted Aug 7, 2003 21:00 UTC (Thu) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link]

Hmmm, seems like the last two would (should?) probably have been transferred to Tarantella, Inc.

Come to think of it. Didn't the original SCO change it's name to Tarantella while the operating systems and services divisions of the company were transferred to Caldera (now The SCO Group)?

So anything not expressly transferred would still reside with Tarantella, Inc?

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