Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th Oct 2007 14:16 UTC, submitted by walterbyrd
Groklaw reports that a company called IP Innovation, LLC, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Novell and Red Hat. Groklaw goes into black helicopter mode, trying to find a tie between this IP Innovation thing and Microsoft - and it finds it too. A few ex-Microsoft employees now work at IP Innovation. Do with it as you please.
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2006-04-20
Oh please, that is the most preposterous thing you have posted to date. This is a forum for discussing operating systems, not conspiracy theories, religion, quackery or humbug. Take your paranoid delusions elsewhere and take a course in statistics. You might then discover that the laws of the universe permit people and events to occur at the same time in the same place without any common cause or underlying pattern, and seemingly quite complex and bizarre coincidences are entirely normal.
Now, for the case at hand, it is entirely normal for organisations that are in the business of IP to defend their claimed IP. It is also entirely normal for IP professionals in a company, say Microsoft, to leave their employer to work for another company where they can apply their skills and experience. Unless you have hard evidence of impropriety on the part of Microsoft, IP Innovation or their respective employees, you are just wildly speculating and making allegations without any substance.
Stop reading too much into things.
I personally would suggest that MS or other companies put up or shut up about their claimed IP. If you own patents on software, prove it, and test it in court if needs be. If not, stop bothering everyone so they can get back to business.