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<title>Judge dismisses seven-year Novell lawsuit against Microsoft</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/16/judge.says.jury.could.not.decide.on.novell.suit/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/microsoft-billgatestabletpc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Update: clarification) Judge J. Frederick Motz on Friday dismissed a longstanding Novell lawsuit against Microsoft.  The antitrust complaint, filed in 2004, was tossed after a jury couldn't reach a uniform verdict on whether or not Microsoft had abused its market lead by changing code that broke WordPerfect's Windows 95 support just before the 16-year-old OS arrived.  Jurors said they were "hopel...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kodak ready to sell patents, may court Apple or Google</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/17/kodak.considers.selling.patents.to.stay.alive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/kodakeasysharemax-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Insiders disclosed late Wednesday that Kodak had started the process of courting companies to sell its camera-related patents.  Bankers at Lazard have been shopping the 1,100-strong patent collection around to see if companies are interested.  Buyers weren't mentioned by name, but one identified by the WSJ is a "large, strategic buyer in the wireless industry" that would snap up the patents for "d...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google finally defends developers against Lodsys lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/13/google.asks.uspto.to.invalidate.lodsys.patents/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/android-kyocera.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has at last taken steps to try and protect Android developers from the wide-ranging Lodsys lawsuit, the company's general counsel Kent Walker stated Saturday.  The company has asked the USPTO to reexamine the validity of two patents for in-app purchases that "should never have been issued," according to Walker.  The approach described to Wired would either narrow the scope of the complaints...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft: Google didn't want to help industry with patents</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/04/ms.claims.google.didnt.care.about.shielding.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/microsoft-frankshaw.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a response to Google's accusations, Microsoft's corporate communications lead Frank Shaw argured late Thursday that Google was being selfish in its refusal to join a coalition bidding on Novell's patents.  He contended that Google just wanted patents it could wield against others.  The Android developer allegedly didn't care about the wider technology industry and only about protecting itself....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google accuses Microsoft of lying on patent bid dispute</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/04/google.says.microsoft.offer.on.nortel.bid.a.trap/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/motorola-android2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond updated his criticism of the Nortel and Novell patent bid to rebuff Microsoft's claims that it had thrown out a chance at patents by turning down an invitation to the Novell bid.  He accused Microsoft of diversionary tactics and said that the offer to join on Novell was an effective trap.  If Google had joined the group, it couldn't use those patents to de...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MS still gets more in Android payouts than Windows Phone</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/04/asymco.shows.microsoft.leaning.on.android.lawsuits/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/htcincredibles-review16.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft is still profiting more from Android royalties than its own Windows Phone platform. Going on estimates of 1.4 million Windows phones shipping in the spring, Asymco's Horace Dediu said Microsoft would have made just $21 million from all its partners assuming WP7 costs $15 per phone.  Even at HTC's widely leaked $5, 'discounted' royalty rate, its 12 million phones, almost all of them Andro...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google letter criticizes Apple, Microsoft patent hunts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/03/claims.hostile.campaign.against.android/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1107/android-htckeychain2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google senior VP and chief legal officer David Drummond has published an open letter criticizing the rush on patents in the mobile industry. "Android is on fire," he writes. "More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers. Android and other platforms are competing hard against each other, and thatís yielding cool new devices and am...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft extends its Linux deal with SUSE until 2016 </title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/suse-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has extended its agreement with SUSE to work on continued interoperability between Windows and Linux. The initial arrangement began almost five years ago, and the new deal will continue until the start of 2016. Microsoft will invest $100 million in new SUSE Linux Enterprise certificates for customers receiving Linux support from SUSE....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Novell acquisition by Attachmate now complete</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/04/27/22.billion.novell.buy.out.by.attachmate.final/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/novell_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The acquisition of Novell by Attachmate is now complete, as the company's stock will no longer be publicly traded, Datamation reported on Wednesday. Novell is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Attachmate and part of the deal involves selling 882 patents to CTPN Holdings for $450 million, which was approved by the Department of Justice....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ orders Novell patent sale change, avoids anti-Linux suit</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1104/novell_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has stepped in to regulate patent sales arising from the buy out of Novell. Novell agreed to be bought out by Attachmate, a group of private-equity firms for $2.2 billion in November. However, CPTN Holdings, a separate holding company owned by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC, had sought to buy some of Novellís patents in a move that would have threatened the ability of t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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