Sun’s Art of Patent War – Part 2

I previously blogged about Sun Microsystems’s patent litigation with NetApp. Mike Dillon, General Counsel of Sun, today posted an insightful update on this litigation.

Note: This declaration, by netApp’s co-founder Dave Hitz, (a document recently unsealed by the court) is particularly interesting to read (check out page 3, points #8 and #9).

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