CPTN

After intervention from Elliott Associates Novell's patents were passed to Microsoft, Apple, et al. in a consortium known as CPTN. Here are posts about CPTN.

2012

 * Apple, Microsoft, Oracle (CPTN) and the Latest Patent Hoard Against Android/Linux
 * CPTN (Microsoft, Apple, Oracle) Attack on Android Faces New Setbacks
 * Microsoft Mole Failed to Sell Phones, Managed to Pass Patents to Microsoft’s Patent Trolls

2011

 * CPTN Members Oracle, Apple, and Microsoft Still Attack Linux With Software Patents
 * Microsoft Patent Cartel (CPTN) Dodges German Federal Cartel Office
 * OIN is Very Different From CPTN and UNIX Risk is Revisited
 * Apple’s Anti-Linux Patent Lawsuits Give Another Reason for Concern Over CPTN
 * SCO, CPTN, and UNIX
 * Free Software Foundation’s Statement on Microsoft/Novell/CPTN Patent Attack Against Software Freedom
 * OSI President: Microsoft Florian is Spouting Nonsense (About CPTN/Microsoft-Novell Patents)
 * Microsoft-run Patent Cartel Retreats Following Formal Complaint, But Why? (Updated)
 * OSI and FSF Unite in Face of Common Enemy CPTN/Microsoft
 * In Defence of OIN and Android
 * Microsoft Uses Novell Patents to Not Only Threaten But Also Daemonise Google

2010

 * CPTN Shows Microsoft Becoming a Patent Agitator Like Kodak, Whose Time is Long Gone
 * New Details Surface About Novell/Microsoft/AttachMSFT Deal