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SearchOpenSource: IP Attorney: SCO’s Investors Are Safe, But IT Patent Offenders Aren’t

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 17, 2006

[ Thanks to Jan
Stafford
for this link. ]

Why is it legal for investors to give SCO money to
pursue a meritless legal case?

Carey: I suppose that the investor could be
subject to a counterclaim brought by the defendant. To pursue such
a claim would be to swim upstream, however, because U.S. law makes
it difficult to recover attorney’s fees, which is the main form of
damages caused by a frivolous lawsuit…”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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