09.17.07
Reforming USPTO: Patently Absurd - The Video
The following video shows the faces and brings together the voices of those whom we describe as “patent trolls”. Novell was recently a victim of one (if not two).
Some days ago, an update was published about the patent dispute between Nokia and Qualcomm.
Nokia told a Dutch court on Friday it is not infringing patents of U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm because the cell phone maker uses chips of Texas Instruments, which already pays for Qualcomm patents.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.