DENVER - A federal Appeals Court yesterday reversed a judge’s decision that granted the copyright of the Unix computer operating system to Novell Inc.
A three-judge panel of the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a judge erred in August 2007 by granting the copyright to Novell. The panel ordered a trial to determine ownership.
Novell, a software and computer infrastructure company, has been locked in a yearslong legal battle with The SCO Group Inc. of Lindon, Utah, over ownership to the copyright.
