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● 10.18.07

●● Keeping an Eye Open for Other Possible Patent-trolling Proxies

Posted in Boycott Novell, Microsoft, Patents, SCO at 11:27 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Sam has some interesting details about another possible patent troll in the making. It has links with Microsoft.

=> ↺ some interesting details

IP Innovations is not the first company of its kind which has Microsoft ex-employees – Nathan Myhrvold, for many years a senior Microsoft employee, runs an outfit called Intellectual Ventures, a company devoted to buying potentially profitable patents.

Recall Acacia’s own ties with Microsoft and be aware of the ongoing research at Groklaw. There could be more than a single “next SCO”.

=> ↺ Acacia’s own ties with Microsoft | ↺ research at Groklaw

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