<A target="_blank" href="http://www.cio.com/article/680039/DOJ_Limits_Microsoft_s_Purchase_of_Novell_Patents?source=rss_news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cio%2Farticles+%28CIO+-+Articles%29">The US Department of Justice, apparently concerned about the effect of Microsoft's plan</A> to purchase hundreds of patents from Novell, is requiring the company to sell the patents back to Attachmate after it merges with Novell.