Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim

fmarines writes "Firestar Software has filed a patent claim against Red Hat for infringing on a patent Firestar filed in 2000 covering O/R mapping. The amount of the lawsuit was not disclosed. The complaint centers around JBoss 3, and the patent claims that JBoss was given prior notice that marketing, distribution, and support services violates Firestar's patent, and that Firestar 'has suffered and will continue to suffer substantial damages.' Firestar produces the ObjectSpark, an transactional object mapping engine which appears to not have had a new release since May 2003, according to the Firestar press release page."

Comments

Large company hurting small company

[Anonymous Coward]

Sometimes the only defense a small company has against a large company is through a lawsuit. Redhat's business practices of using someone else's intellectual property reminds me of many of the arguments used against Microsoft.

Are we about to see Linux companies taking pages out of the playbook of Microsoft?

Re:Is Ruby on Rails Affected?

[Anonymous Coward]

Answer: who, besides students and bored contractors trying to justify their rates, gives a high-flying astro-fuck?