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'''Unix System Laboratories''' ('''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 Corporation]], the parent company of [[Bell Labs]]. Its CEO was [[Roel Pieper]].

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

In JuneDecember 19931992, [[Novell]] purchasedannounced its intent to purchase USL and all of theits Unix assets, including all [[copyright]]scopyrights, [[trademark]]strademarks, and [[licensing]] contracts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grokline.net/detail_vendor.php?id=20|title=Grokline Project:Novell|work=[[Grokline]]|accessdate=2008-06-19}}{{Dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref>news

| author = Staff and wire reports

| title = Novell to Buy Unix System Laboratories

| url = http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-22/business/fi-2406_1_networking-technology

| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]

| date = 1992-12-22

| accessdate = 2017-01-12

}}</ref> The deal was finalized in June 1993.<ref>{{cite press release

|url = http://tech-insider.org/unix/research/1993/0614.html

|title = Novell completes acquisition of UNIX System Laboratories from AT&T

|agency = [[Business Wire]]

|accessdate = 2017-01-13

|date = 1993-06-14

}}</ref>

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