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An Appeal in SCO v. Novell - But Not the One You Expected

By Pamela Jones et al.

The guy who tried to intervene from prison in SCO v. Novell and was denied has filed a notice of appeal. That means the court clerk has to send the entire docket to the appeals court with his notice and the original order.

I started to feel a measure of indignation, but then I realized that I feel pretty much the same way about SCO tying up the courts with what I view as nonsense. So what can you do? Some folks will do performance art, some will misuse the courts for anticompetitive reasons, etc. It is what it is.

The court has already sent the necessary papers along. Also, the court has granted Novell an extension of time to file a proposed final judgment and pre-judgment interest submission, which the parties had stipulated to. The new date is August 22. The parties had jointly made the request for more time, because they are negotiating to try to resolve some remaining issues between them, including one big one -- should this be a final judgment prior to the arbitration and the constructive trust being decided?

Full post as published by Groklaw on August 05, 2008 (boomark / email).