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'''Unix System Laboratories''' or '''USL''' was originally organized as part of [[Bell Labs]] in [[1989]]. USL joined with the [[UNIX Software Operation]], also a Bell Laboratories division, in [[1990]]. It assumed responsibility for [[Unix]] development and licensing activities. It then became a separate [[wholly owned subsidiary]], formed, owned, and operated by [[AT&T|American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation]], the parent company of [[Bell Labs]].

In [[June]] [[1993]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grokline.net/detail_vendor.php?id=20|title=Grokline Project:Novell|work=[[Grokline]]|accessdate=2008-06-19}}</ref>[[Novell]] purchased USL and all of the Unix assets, including all [[copyright]]s, [[trademark]]s and [[licensing]] contracts.

Unix System Laboratories was the plaintiff in the [[USL v. BSDi]] law suit initiated in 1992 against [[Berkeley Software Design]], Inc and the [[Regents of the University of California]] over [[intellectual property]] related to [[Unix]]. USL asked the court for a preliminary [[injunction]] that would bar BSDi and the UC Berkeley from distributing the NET-2 software until the case was concluded. USL v. BSDi was [[settlement (law)|settled out of court]] 1993 after the judge expressed doubt as to the validity of USL's [[intellectual property]].