Groklaw: Top Intellectual Property Law Issues of 2005

"The intellectual property arena bubbled with activity last year. AutoZone, a LINUX user, was sued by the SCO Group, which claims to own copyrights allegedly infringed by LINUX.

"A top court ruled on the Knorr-Bremse case, overturning the necessity of obtaining a lawyer's opinion to avoid a finding of willful patent infringement. Several companies filed lawsuits against Google and other search engines claiming trademark infringement for selling trademarked search terms..."

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