Sunday 31 March 2013

The Register - Software: Patent shark‘s copyright claim could bite all Unix

The Register - Software
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Patent shark's copyright claim could bite all Unix
Apr 1st 2013, 00:36

Cook Islands entity claims rights to code present in *nix, MacOS, Windows

A company registered in minor league tax haven the Cook Islands, but with a subsidiary in Delaware, lawyers in the patent-troll heaven of East Texas and an office in Sydney, Australia, has asserted intellectual property rights over all versions of Unix and "Unix-like derivatives" and plans to seek royalties from every company that has ever used the operating system.…

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