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Old 10-19-2007, 01:55 PM  
FetishWeb
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Originally Posted by StuartD View Post
I hear they have a handful of other patents that they've acquired... and are going after a lot of mainstream companies for them all now.

Most notably... tabs. Originally owned by Xerox, Acacia now has Apple paying royalties just to use tabs.

They have teamed up with Microsoft and are attacking Linux companies now (Red Hat and Novell). But their ultimate strategy is to eventually attack any business or government that even uses linux and target them for patent extortion.

http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2013674721.html

I guess they are moving onto greener pastures.
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