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: Groklaw

Microsoft and A Patent Checkmate of My Dreams

By Pamela Jones et al.

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Microsoft tried to auction off some patents that they claim relate to Linux. Patent trolls could have bought them. Instead Open Invention Network (OIN) got them. Why would Microsoft wish to get rid of 22 patents that it presumably could sue Linux over? Let's try to imagine what might have happened.

Let's pretend you are Microsoft, and you want to be evil. Of course, Microsoft never would be. They are internationally known for fair dealing with all their competition, particularly Linux. But let's pretend.

Full post as published by Groklaw on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).

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