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SCO vs Big Blue: Judge rejects copyright claims
News A US judge has thrown out hundreds of claims made by SCO Group in its Linux lawsuit against IBM, finding that SCO failed to specify many of Big Blue's alleged misdeeds. The company launched its initial suit against IBM in 2003, claiming Big Blue's... [03 Jul 2006]
SCO unveils group data services for smart phones
News Tom Hale, executive director of Utah State's Big Blue booster programme, said in SCO's statement: "Using Shout, I was able to inform hundreds of USU boosters of our game cancellation with a simple 12-second audio message from my Treo. [20 Sep 2005]
Patents - weapons of mass [software] destruction?
News When the SCO Group sued IBM, alleging that Big Blue moved Unix technology to Linux against the terms of a contract with SCO, IBM countersued with three cases of patent infringement. Two open source leaders joined Linux founder Linus Torvalds in... [02 Feb 2005]
Judge orders IBM to open up code
News A judge overseeing the legal fight between the SCO Group and IBM over Linux and Unix on Tuesday ordered Big Blue to show all versions of its two Unix products, AIX and Dynix. Although US magistrate Judge Brooke Wells denied SCO's request for access... [21 Jan 2005]
5 years ago... IBM reveals large-scale Linux push
News Open source developers can now make use of the patents without fear of the kind of legal action that has blighted the community in recent years - most clearly evidenced by the SCO suits. Five years on and Big Blue is still banging the drum for open... [11 Jan 2005]
SCO quarterly revenue falls 58 per cent
News SCO is suing IBM, arguing that Big Blue violated its Unix contract with SCO by moving proprietary Unix technology into open-source Linux. The SCO Group reported another quarter of financial losses on Tuesday, spurred by dwindling software and... [22 Dec 2004]
Groklaw gets some anti-Linux competition
News The SCO Group plans to launch a website to chronicle its legal battles relating to Unix and Linux, as part of an effort to counterbalance Groklaw.net - which was set up to poke holes in the company's legal claims. [15 Oct 2004]
SCO accuses IBM over unseen documents
News The SCO Group, which sued IBM over its treatment of the Unix and Linux operating systems, last week accused Big Blue of failing to release required documents. SCO last Tuesday filed a "renewed" motion to compel IBM to release more memos from... [12 Jul 2004]
SCO suits see victory…
News SCO's case against IBM, which alleges that Big Blue violated its Unix contract with SCO by moving proprietary software to Linux, had been set for April 2005 but Judge Dale Kimball of US District Court in Utah pushed the five-week trial back to 1... [14 Jun 2004]
SCO asks for additional IBM code
News The SCO Group filed a memorandum on Friday in its lawsuit against IBM that indicates it needs more Unix code from IBM to detail its claims that Big Blue violated a contract between the two companies. IBM has provided SCO with some of the source... [07 Jun 2004]
Car firm asks court to halt SCO Linux lawsuit
News SCO launched its high-profile legal attack on Linux with a $5bn suit against IBM which asserts Big Blue violated its Unix contract with SCO by moving Unix technology to Linux. AutoZone, one of the companies being sued by SCO, has asked a court to... [28 Apr 2004]
Big Blue seeks to pooh-pooh SCO suit
News The request appears in an amended counterclaim Big Blue filed on Tuesday in its legal battle with SCO, whose main claims allege IBM violated contract provisions by distributing Linux products that illegally incorporate Unix code that SCO controls. [31 Mar 2004]
Microsoft-SCO tie-up comes to light
News Investment company BayStar Capital has confirmed ties between two Linux foes, saying Thursday that a Microsoft referral led to $50m in BayStar funding for the SCO Group. Yes, Microsoft did introduce BayStar to SCO," a BayStar representative said... [12 Mar 2004]
Metadata reveals SCO switched legal target
News But the hidden text indicates that SCO spent considerable time building a case against the bank and that it also considered extending allegations filed against IBM to Big Blue's high-profile customers - in this case, Bank of America. [05 Mar 2004]
Judge green-lights $5bn SCO lawsuit
News A judge has accepted the SCO Group's changes to a lawsuit against IBM that now seeks $5bn in damages for Big Blue's alleged moving of Unix intellectual property into Linux. SCO seeks $1bn in damages for unfair competition and $1bn for each of four... [01 Mar 2004]
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