Issue in the news: CPTN's purchase of Novell's patents
The acquisition of Novell's patents by CPTN raises important issues for the Open Source community.
To keep you abreast, opensource.com will be updating you with public information on this issue in the news.
Resources
- Bundeskartellamt clears CPTN joint venture for acquisition of Novell patents (Press Release, April 20, 2011)
- CPTN HOLDINGS LLC AND NOVELL INC. CHANGE DEAL IN ORDER TO ADDRESS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S OPEN SOURCE CONCERNS (Press Release, April 20, 2011)
- Open source Initiative: OSI Commends the US Department of Justice (February 6, 2011)
- Open source Initiative: OSI asks German Federal Cartel Office and US Department of Justice to investigate CPTN transaction
- Free Software Foundation Europe: Free Software Foundation Europe's concerns regarding the acquisition of Novell's patents by CPTN Holdings
- Free Software Foundation: OSI and FSF Send Joint Position to Department of Justice
- Free Software Foundation Europe: FSFE Response to German Competition Authority (Bundeskartellamt) Questionnaire
CPTN in the news
- Does the DoJ Have FOSS' Back?, Tech News World, April 26, 2011
- Why Time is Patently on Open Source's Side, Open Enterprise ComputerWorldUK, April 21, 2011
- Microsoft gets Novell's Patents rights but must share them with Open-Source Software, ZDNet, April 20, 2011
- Department of Justice says Novell and CPTN must change patent deal, The H Open Source, April 20, 2011
- OSI to German Antitrust Body: CPTN's New Terms Still Unacceptable, Groklaw, April 8, 2011
- New developments in Novell patent case, The H Open Source, April 8, 2011
- U.S. Antitrust will review Microsoft/Novell patent sale for 30 more days | Microsoft-led consortium still seeking 882 Novell patents, Network World, March, 11, 2011
- Novell sale to Attachmate delayed until April - due to patent investigation, InternetNews.com, March 11, 2011
- Novell: DOJ eyes patent deal, New York Post, March 10, 2011
- BRIEF-Novell, CPTN agree to provide DOJ more time to review patent sale, CNBC, March 10, 2011
- Feds Could Block Microsoft Group's Bid For Novell Patents, Forbes, March 2, 2011
- Justice eyes Microsoft-Novell patent deal, New York Post, March 2, 2011
- Should the Government Protect Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, March 2, 2011
- US Department of Justice Investigating Novell/CPTN Deal Further, Free Software Foundation, February 4, 2011
- OSI, FSF Want Inquiry of Microsoft Consortium Deal on Novell, PC WORLD, January 20, 2011
- OSI Calls for Scrutiny of CPTN's Patents in Novell Deal, OSTATIC, December 30, 2010
- Novell patent quartet spells trouble for Google, NetworkWorld, December 16, 2010
- Novell RIP: Implications of Microsoft Getting Creative with IP Ownership, IT Business Edge, November 23, 2010
- What's in the 882 patents Microsoft bought and four other questions on the Novell sale, ZDNet, November 22, 2010
