UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. v. Berkeley Software Design, Inc.

<p><i>USL v. BSDi</i> was a <a href="/facts/Lawsuit/gFeKr9ra">lawsuit</a> brought in <a href="/facts/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey/rPhv9bLa">New Jersey federal court</a> in 1992 by <a href="/facts/Unix_System_Laboratories/9b8AHHGQ">Unix System Laboratories</a> against <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Design/akC73cND">Berkeley Software Design</a>, Inc and the <a href="/facts/Regents_of_the_University_of_California/TVfy97mt">Regents of the University of California</a> over <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a> related to the <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> operating system; a culmination of the <a href="/facts/Unix_wars/qn70n7IA">Unix wars</a>. The case was settled out of court in 1994 after the judge expressed doubt in the validity of USL's intellectual property, with <a href="/facts/Novell/lABGMT7U">Novell</a> (who by that time had bought USL) and the University agreeing not to litigate further over the <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">Berkeley Software Distribution</a> (BSD).
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UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. v. Berkeley Software Design, Inc.