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Novell patent acquisition filing by Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, EMC withdrawn

Published on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 17:25
By Stephanie Shyu in aapl, emc, General Interest, ibm, msft, novl, orcl, aapl, acquisition, apple, cptn holdings, emc, entity, filing, german, group, ibm, joint, microsoft, msft, nec, novell, novl, open source, oracle, orcl, patent, philips, red hat, regulators, software, sony, withdrawn

The four companies revealed in mid-December their plan to set up CPTN Holdings LLC, a holding group to jointly acquire 882 Novell patents for $442 million, while the rest of Novell was to be sold to Attachmate for $2.2 billion upo

However, the filing with German regulators to create the joint group looks to have bee

aapl, acquisition, apple, cptn holdings, emc, entity, filing, german, group, ibm, joint, microsoft, msft, nec, novell, novl, open source, oracle, orcl, patent, philips, red hat, regulators, software, sony, withdrawn
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AppleInsider is reporting that a plan by Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Oracle (ORCL) and EMC (EMC) to acquire hundreds of Novell's (NOVL) patents worth half a billion dollars has been withdrawn due to complaints from open source

By Stephanie Shyu
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