SCO wants to revive the legal battle over Unix patents

14th July, 2010 by adina
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In a last-minute effort to revitalize the legal battle over Unix patents, SCO Group has recently filed an appeal. This newest move comes after seven years of ineffective litigation, which concluded in the jury verdict and final judgement against SCO in the US District Court for the District of Utah. Even if judge Ted Stewart tried to close the case, the judgement left, however, room for an eventual appeal. In the case, the jury sided with Novell and agreed that SCO doesn’t own Unix copyrights and, therefore, cannot oblige other companies to pay licensing fees on linked technology (for example, Linux). SCO had filed other separate lawsuits against IBM and Sequent; these were unsuccessful as well.

SCO has even asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to reevaluate all aspects of the rulings, which include the recent judgement and previous jury verdict. SCO’s attorneys are alternatively asking for a new trial. It is still unclear if the 10th Circuit Court will approve or reject the company’s request.


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  1. bob the builder says:
    July 15, 2010 at 7:50 am

    There is no legal battle over Unix patents and never has been. SCO’s sued Novell over copyrights, which are an entirely different matter.