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| accessdate=2007-10-12}}</ref><ref>The U.S. patent 5,072,412 concerns the desktop User Interface, see [http://www.google.com/patents?id=3tUkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,072,412 here]</ref> However, IP Innovation LLC is a subsidiary of a company classified by some as a [[patent troll]],<ref>{{cite web

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|title = Patent-troll company attacks Novell and Red Hat

|date = 2007-08-12

|accessdate = 2009-12-07

}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and commentators suspect a strong connection between this company and Microsoft.<ref name="LLCsuitezdnet" /><ref name="LLCsuitegroklaw" /> In 2010, IP Innovation lost the suit.<ref>{{Cite web | title = http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20100430223358785 | url = http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20100430223358785 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 5 July 2013 }}</ref>

In December 2007, Microsoft granted [[Samba (software)|the Samba project]] access to certain proprietary documents and must maintain a list of related patents for a one-time fee of 10,000 Euros.<ref>{{cite web