The Patent Infringement Suit: A Playbook

"Last week's announcement of a patent infringement suit against Red Hat and Novell set in motion speculation about motives, theories, agendas, and behind-the-scenes players. If you've been feeling like you need a scorecard to keep up, then you're in luck.

"Three of the players in this little drama need no introduction. Red Hat and Novell distribute the two market-leading commercial Linux distributions. You may also be familiar with a third company involved--Microsoft..."

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