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Red Hat Defends Rackspace, Defeats Linux Patent Trolls

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Sean Michael Kerner
Mar 29, 2013

 

Linux vendor Red Hat announced this AM that is has defeated Uniloc USA, Inc. in a patent law suit.

Uniloc didn’t actually sue Red Hat directly, they went after Rackspace (a Red Hat customer). Red Hat indemnifies its customers and has since it launched its Open Source Assurance program back in 2004.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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