Novell's patents bought by Microsoft, Apple, EMC, & Oracle

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Dec 16, 2010 3:40 PM EDT
ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
Print this story

When CPTN Holdings appeared out of the blue to snap up Novell’s patent portfolio, the only thing anyone knew about them was that Microsoft was behind the group and that’s all Microsoft had to say about its Novell intellectual property (IP) purchase. Now, thanks to Germany’s anti-trust body, the Bundeskartellamt, we know that Microsoft’s CPTN Holdings partners were Apple, EMC, and Oracle.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: Microsoft, Novell, Oracle; Story Type: News Story

« Return to the newswire homepage

Subject Topic Starter Replies Views Last Post
My money is on patent defense. JaseP 1 1,631 Dec 16, 2010 4:22 PM

You cannot post until you login.