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Patent holding company IP Innovation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Red Hat and Novell, claiming their Linux products violate a patent on "user interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects." The lawsuit seems to target the graphic interfaces used by Red Hat's and Novell's Linux products, rather than the core Linux operating system, but the suit may nontheless raise doubts… Read More

An Arizona court has ruled that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, which bans junk faxes and unsolicited telemarketing calls to cell phones, also applies to unsolicited text message advertisements sent to cell phone users. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel upholds a lower court ruling in favor or Rodney Joffe, who sued Acacia Mortgage Company after the company repeatedly sent unsolicited messages to his cell phone… Read More