GroklawDigging for TruthCopiepresse's Complaint v. EU Commission Tossed Out- June 30, 2008 Do you remember Copiepresse, the Belgian association of newspapers that went after Google for linking to their members' articles in Google News They tried to do something similar to -- get this -- the EU Commission, but they just got zonked. Their case was tossed out last Thursday, and in a way that bodes well for Google, I'd say, not to mention for the Internet and those of us who like to use it. The last link is to an article in French, and others I'll show you are too, and it was...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080629061236460 The June 17 Bankruptcy Hearing Transcript - as text- June 27, 2008 Here's the transcript from the June 17 bankruptcy hearing on SCO's motion to get another extension of exclusivity, as text. When SCO's attorney, Arthur Spector, arrives at the podium, he tells the court that this "itty bitty SCO case" is unique. "I don't think the Court has seen many cases like this," he says. And indeed, he speaketh truth, yea verily. SCO is unique, happily. But that is also the problem. It's harder to spot a problem you've never confronted before. And this judge certainly.http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080627014452226 Transcript of the June Bankruptcy Hearing and SCO MOUs- June 26, 2008 SCO has filed two monthly operating reports, one for SCO Group and one for SCO Operations. This is like watching water drain from a slow tub. Also the transcript of the June 17 hearing is now available. And Dorsey & Whitney have submitted another bill going back to April. From the transcript, we see the first words out of the judge's mouth, after "good morning", is about the quarterly fees: "Yes, I'm prepared to approve those." And then, after all the lawyers on the phone for the fee...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080626183908583 A Sun Update on the NetApp Litigation- June 26, 2008 Recently, I did an update on the SunNetApp litigation, but now there is something better, an update by Mike Dillon, Sun's General Counsel. What a great name for a lawyer it would be if his parents had named him Matt. He says thank you to all who helped with prior art: After NetApp sued Sun, we responded with six reexamination requests on the patents asserted by NetApp. Reexamination is a procedure in which a party submits documents (prior art) relating to a patent to the US Patent Office (PTO)..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080626160554713 The Trial Testimony of Greg Jones, Day 2, SCO v. Novell - updated- June 25, 2008 Here is the testimony of the final witness Novell called in the SCO v. Novell trial, Greg Jones, Vice President of Technology Law at Novell. He followed Darl McBride to the stand. His testimony came on day 2 of the trial. It's primarily because of what I learned from this testimony that I took a long time to write an analysis of the trial. I was, frankly, too angry to trust myself to write about it until I had some time to cool off some. We learn two primary things from Jones' testimony:...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080625020853732 Cognex Invalidates Acacia Patent '524; Next Suing for Business Defamation- June 23, 2008 Do you remember back in 2005 a company called Cognex took on Lemelson Partnership and won, invalidating 14 of Lemelson's patents Well, it turns out that after that, they took on Acacia Research, and they just beat them too. Acacia is now minus one of its patents. Here's the order PDF. Cognex is now aggressively going after Acacia for defamation, attorneys fees, and damages, including, or so they hope, according to a motion to amend their complaint, special and punitive damages. I love..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080622003128295 What's Fair Use, Anyway AP Has a Thought, and So Do I- June 22, 2008 Now that AP has purported to establish fair use guidelines that would make 5 words licensable as not fair use, I thought I'd explain a bit about fair use and about why Groklaw no longer will link to or quote from any AP articles. I've seen reports that AP has backed off in some not quite clear-to-me way, but I notice their list of fees remains online. To begin, since AP asserts therein a fee for 5 words or more, let's see what 4 words look like, shall we Remember, they claim you have...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080622144323977 The OrdersMinutes from the 617 Bankruptcy Hearing- June 21, 2008 We have the Order PDF now granting SCO's motion for an extension of time to come up with a reorganization plan, along with the minutes from the hearing PDF on June 17, along with various certificates of service. The order gives SCO until August 11 to file a plan, but it can ask for more extensions if it needs more. Like it won't. And the judge OK'd all the quarterly bills PDF, listed in an Exhibit A PDF. So let's see. That's &36;71,982.79 for Pachulski Stang; &36;414,074.83 for Berger..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008062100525897 Microsoft-DOJ Joint Status Report June 17, 2008- June 21, 2008 I thought you might like to see the Microsoft-Department of Justice Joint Status Report on Microsoft's Compliance with the Final Judgments, as entered in New York, et. al. v. Microsoft, CA No. 98-1233 (CKK), and in United States v. Microsoft, CA No. 98-1232, dated June 17, 2008. And I'd like to point out a couple of things. This is an interim report, meaning it is only about recent activities. To read the whole story, go here and read at least the last six-month report from back in February...http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080620164127151 Darl's Dreams for the Future Amplified- June 19, 2008 Yesterday, we reported that Darl McBride said that the plan for a reorganization is to spin off the "Unix assets" and leave him behind as CEO of the remnants of the company, that is, of the litigation. There are more details in the Daily Herald today, and apparently that is only one possibility:Among proposals considered for the new reorganization plan is a possible spinoff or sale of SCO's Unix business, and allowing SCO to focus exclusively on its litigation with IBM and others.... "SCO is..http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080619114658850 |