I'm pretty sure the lawyers did the same thing with BeOS when it was acquired by Palm. [0] They sold the IP/copyrights and Be retained the lawsuit against Micr

I'm pretty sure the lawyers did the same thing with BeOS when it was acquired by Palm. [0] They sold the IP/copyrights and Be retained the lawsuit against Microsoft which eventually settled for US $23 million. [0]: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/ http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/