Microsoft Says It Tried To Bring Google In On Novell Patent Deal | mocoNews

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) laughed off Google’s strident attack on its patent foes late Wednesday, claiming that it offered to make a joint bid for the Novell patent portfolio with the search giant but was rebuffed by a company that claims the world is massing at its gates. However, Microsoft’s evidence for the offer doesn’t mention patents at all in an e-mail dated October 2010. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith was the first company...