Judge Refuses To Throw Out Slander Lawsuit Against Novell; The SCO Group's charges stand as a federal judge ruled it was too early to sort out all the competing claims traded by the two companies in their fight over who owns Unix.

InformationWeek, June, 2005 by Foy, Paul

Byline: Paul Foy SALT LAKE CITY (AP)--A federal judge refused to throw out The SCO Group's slander-of-title lawsuit against another Utah technology company, Novell Inc. U.S. District Court Judge Dale Kimball ruled it was too early to sort through competing claims traded by SCO and Novell in their fight over ownership of copyrights to the Unix computer operating system and UnixWare.

Lindon-based SCO says Novell hurt its business and reputation by publicly and emphatically denying it sold copyrights when it allowed SCO to take over the business of servicing Unix ...