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Novell Sale Delayed Due To Patent Investigation

Posted by Soulskill on from the something-is-afoot dept.

darthcamaro writes "Novell's $2.2 billion dollar acquisition by Attachmate isn't going to close as soon as first expected. A key part of the deal is the sale of 882 patents to a consortium of vendors led by Microsoft. The US Department of Justice is investigating the patent deal and is now pushing out the close until at least April 12th. Does this mean the deal is in trouble?"

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  1. Patent about selling companies by michelcolman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently there's a patent about "selling a company to another company". This may take a while...

  2. The fine print in "Deal with the Devil" by denis-The-menace · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only now they read the fine print in the deal they made with MS regarding the SUSE Linux vouchers?

    I'm shocked!

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  3. Re:Here's what it means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey we call those campaign contributions here... Or 'dinner'.