Red Hat's JBoss Software Draws Patent Suit

""The infringing products have no substantial noninfringing uses," Software Tree says in court papers. The lawsuit also names Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Genuitec as defendants because the companies sell JBoss-based software or include it on their products.

"According to its Web site, Software Tree specializes in "providing superior software infrastructure that shifts the application/database integration paradigm." Products include the JDX and NJDX object-relational mapping tools.

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