CPTN

After intervention from Elliott Associates Novell's patents were passed to Microsoft, Apple, et al. in a consortium known as CPTN. Here are posts about CPTN.

2012

Apple, Microsoft, Oracle (CPTN) and the Latest Patent Hoard Against Android/Linux

CPTN (Microsoft, Apple, Oracle) Attack on Android Faces New Setbacks

Microsoft Mole Failed to Sell Phones, Managed to Pass Patents to Microsoft’s Patent Trolls

2011

CPTN Members Oracle, Apple, and Microsoft Still Attack Linux With Software Patents

Microsoft Patent Cartel (CPTN) Dodges German Federal Cartel Office

OIN is Very Different From CPTN and UNIX Risk is Revisited

Apple’s Anti-Linux Patent Lawsuits Give Another Reason for Concern Over CPTN

SCO, CPTN, and UNIX

Free Software Foundation’s Statement on Microsoft/Novell/CPTN Patent Attack Against Software Freedom

OSI President: Microsoft Florian is Spouting Nonsense (About CPTN/Microsoft-Novell Patents)

Microsoft-run Patent Cartel Retreats Following Formal Complaint, But Why? (Updated)

OSI and FSF Unite in Face of Common Enemy CPTN/Microsoft

In Defence of OIN and Android

Microsoft Uses Novell Patents to Not Only Threaten But Also Daemonise Google

2010

CPTN Shows Microsoft Becoming a Patent Agitator Like Kodak, Whose Time is Long Gone

New Details Surface About Novell/Microsoft/AttachMSFT Deal