Several high-profile technology giants including Apple Inc. and Oracle Corp. have been identified as members of a Microsoft Corp.-led consortium buying 882 patents from Novell Inc., though it's unclear why the traditional rivals have banded together to buy the massive trove of intellectual property. When Novell's sale to Attachmate Corp. was announced last month, the business software developer also disclosed the sale of the patents for $450 million to CPTN Holdings LLC, which was described only as "a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft."
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