SCO's Strategic Consultant Mike Anderer Foresaw Microsoft-Organised Patent Lawsuits vs. Linux
Apr 24, 2011, 11:05 (3 Talkback[s])
"Intellectual Ventures, created out of Microsoft money, is known to be using a lot of 'satellite' companies to sue/extort companies on Intellectual Ventures' behalf.
"Only rarely does Intellectual Ventures sue directly, but sometimes it does. It's a proxy game and the victims struggle to validate the connections in the courtroom because when papers get exchanged as opposed to something physical, traces can vanish."
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