Linux Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat/Novell

walterbyrd writes "Just months after the last nail in SCO's case, and on the same day as Red Hat's brave words about patent intimidation, a company filed the first patent suit against the Linux operating system. IP Innovation LLC filed the claim against Red Hat and Novell over U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412. PJ points out there is prior art here: 'You might recall the patent was used in litigation against Apple in April 2007, and Beta News reported at the time that it's a 1991 Xerox PARC patent. But Ars Technica provided the detail that it references earlier patents going back to 1984.'"

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I'm sure this story is, as always, just ZONK...

[Anonymous Coward]

oh... i meant to write FUD

Happy 10th anniversary Slashdot... I sure miss the pre-Politics and FUD-free times...

Re:headline makes my head asplode

[tomstdenis]

Well I guess MSFT would be safe even if they didn't indirectly control it. Windows has never had multiple desktops because the joke OS that it is, is meant for toddlers anyways. :-)

FLAME ON!

Oh well, we know this won't go anywhere. We used multiple desktops on Sun boxes in the 80s [ok by we I mean my parents at BNR]. This will be brought down EPIC FAIL style.