SCO Group appealing jury verdict in Unix battle

SCO Group appealing jury verdict in Unix battle


Save Story

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A company is appealing a March jury Verdict in favor of Novell Inc. in an ownership battle over Unix computer server operating systems.

Lindon-based The SCO Group said in a court filing this week it is appealing the verdict to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

A jury found in favor of Waltham, Mass.-based Novell in March after a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.

The jury ruled that Novell owns copyrights to Unix, even though it sold licensing rights for the technology in 1995 to The SCO Group.

SCO Group had claimed it bought the copyrights along with the Unix license, and it sued Novell for "slander of title" when Novell denied it.

------

Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Related stories

Most recent Utah stories

Related topics

STAY IN THE KNOW

Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Subscribe to the KSL.com Trending 5.
By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Newsletter Signup

KSL Weather Forecast

KSL Weather Forecast
Play button