TECHNOLOGY - June 7, 1994
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Novell Seeks Invalidation of Patent: Novell Inc. today was to ask the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate a patent that its holder claims broadly covers the popular office computing technology known as client-server. The inventor, Roger E. Billings of Independence, Mo., has filed suit against Novell, alleging that the Provo, Utah, software company owes him hundreds of millions of dollars for infringing his patent.
