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[email protected] [email protected] HATCH, JAMES & DODGE, PC BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 10 West Broadway, Suite 400 401 East Las Olas Blvd. Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Suite 1200 Telephone: (801) 363-6363 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Facsimile: (801) 363-6666 Telephone: (954) 356-0011 Facsimile: (954) 356-0022 David Boies (admitted pro hac vice)
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[email protected] BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 333 Main Street Armonk, New York 10504 Telephone: (914) 749-8200 Facsimile: (914) 749-8300 Attorneys for Plaintiff, The SCO Group, Inc. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH THE SCO GROUP, INC., by and through the SCO’S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT Chapter 11 Trustee in Bankruptcy, Edward N. OF ITS RENEWED MOTION FOR Cahn, JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR A Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant, NEW TRIAL vs. Civil No. 2:04 CV-00139 NOVELL, INC., a Delaware corporation, Judge Ted Stewart Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .........................................................................................................iii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT .................................................................................................... 1 ARGUMENT.................................................................................................................................. 3 I. SCO IS ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW ................................... 3 A. SCO Acquired the Copyrights Required to Exercise SCO’s Ownership Rights in the UNIX and UnixWare Technologies It Acquired.................................. 4 B. The Copyrights Are Required for SCO to Exercise Its Ownership Rights in The UNIX and UnixWare Technologies It Acquired...............................................