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The jury decision from the District Court of Utah ruled in favor of Novell, which could serve to end SCO's legal actions against Novell, IBM and the broader Linux community.
They played videos in court today, day 4 of SCO v. Novell's jury trial. SCO claims it has a surprise witness, like that surprises anyone that has been following SCO's legal ways. There was a dispute about that, but I gather it will happen eventually.
Novell has filed a second request for an extension of time to file its appeal with the US Supreme Court. It would like until March 4th. And Judge Ted Stewart has issued his trial order for the trial in Utah in SCO v. Novell, which begins on March 8
Novell's trial brief and proposed jury instructions have been filed in SCO v. Novell. Of course, the parties were asked to try to file the latter jointly, and they have done so a little bit on two instructions, but on others, they couldn't agree so they tell the court they will file separately the rest of the proposed jury instructions. Novell has done so.
The bankruptcy court dealing with the SCO Group has approved a loan from a group of investors. This means that the company now has sufficient funds for the pending jury trial against Novell.
Our reporter from the courtroom in the SCO v. Novell jury trial, Chris Brown, has now filed his first report for today, which I'll add to as his further reports arrive.
The same three appeals court judges who decided to send the copyright ownership issue in SCO v. Novell back to Utah for a jury trial, including the now-retired Judge McConnell, have denied the Novell petition for rehearing.
The parties are still going back and forth over pre-trial issues, specifically over the jury instructions and the verdict form. We may see even more on this, because jury instruction and the verdict form come at the very end, so there is still time to try to get it just right. Not that either side will be entirely happy with the result.
