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Re: SCO-Novell Lawsuit Finally Going to Trial Jury Says Novell Owns Unix Copyrights!
From The Salt Lake Tribune
03/30/2010 - said by Tom Harvey :
A federal jury Tuesday found that Novell Inc., and not The SCO Group, owns the copyrights to the Unix computer operating systems used by many businesses.
The decision ends a long-running legal battle between the two companies and between Lindon-based SCO and IBM. It also likely means the end of SCO, which already is teetering in bankruptcy court.
Lawyers for SCO had contended Novell owed it millions of dollars for lost sales revenue and that it was due punitive damages on top of that. SCO claimed it lost as much as $215 million as a result of Novell's actions, which stretch back to 2003.
After a three-week trial and closing arguments from each side before presiding Judge Ted Stewart, the jury filed out of the courtroom to begin deliberations Friday. The jury went home 4½ hours later and reconvened this morning.
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| So is this the end of this ballyhoo? Hopefully there is no legal opening for retrial etc... |
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kudos:2 | Novell's Statement
Decision in the SCO Group vs. Novell Jury trial
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March 30th, 2010 by Ian Bruce
Today, the jury in the District Court of Utah trial between SCO Group and Novell issued a verdict.
Novell is very pleased with the jury’s decision confirming Novell’s ownership of the Unix copyrights, which SCO had asserted to own in its attack on Linux. Novell remains committed to promoting Linux, including by defending Linux on the intellectual property front.
This decision is good news for Novell, for Linux, and for the open source community.
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Mechanicsville, VA | So can they appeal at this point?? I really cannot believe it is over yet. |
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2 edits | Why not? All the way to the SCOTUS if they choose, and if they continue to exist. |
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