Patent trolls start on the open source sector http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-74838/patent-trolls-start-on-the-open-source-sector Posts in the discussion thread "Patent trolls start on the open source sector" - Why go to the effort of developing new software when you can use patents to extort other companies? A story about FireStar Software, which has not updated its software since 2003, preferring to rely on lawyers rather than programmers, to assure its income... http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-74838#post-221999 Patent trolls start on the open source sector http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-74838/patent-trolls-start-on-the-open-source-sector#post-221999 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:12:49 +0000 pieterh 99 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_May_20/ai_94390699

"Under terms of the agreement FireStar Software and Microsoft and will be participating in joint marketing and sales activities targeting Insurance companies faced with issues of rapidly developing applications compliant with industry standards."

http://www.infoq.com/news/RedHat-Sued-Due-to-Hibernate-3-O

Patent experts told InfoQ that the lawsuit appears to be skillful manoeuvring on Firestar's part; they waited until after the JBoss Red Hat acquisition intentions were announced and notified JBoss about the potential infringement on May 26th, which was within the JBoss Red Hat due dilligence period. … the specific district Firestar selected to perform the lawsuit in (eastern district of Texas) is famous among patent circles because a patent claimant has never lost a lawsuit there.

http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/06/11/red-hat-puts-patent-issue-to-rest/

Today Red Hat announced the settlement of patent litigation involving Firestar Software, Inc. and DataTern, Inc.

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