The open source software community is up in arms over claims that IBM has broken its promise to the community by asserting its patents against an open source project. However, Big Blue says it has done no such thing. - The open source software community is up in arms over claims that IBM ha...

New Zealand's parliament is preparing to vote on a major patent reform bill that will tighten the country's standards of patentability. One of the most significant changes in the proposed bill is a specific patentability exclusion for software. If the bill receives parliamentary approval in its...

A federal court dismisses the final two counts in the long running case. But does that end the case?

Novell reports that the jury in the District Court of Utah trial between SCO Group and Novell issued a verdict in favor of Novell. "Novell is very pleased with the jury's decision confirming Novell's ownership of the Unix copyrights, which...