granting Novell the award plus interest of $918,122, plus $489 additional interest for every day after August 29, 2008, should SCO fail to pay the award by that date. The ruling also ordered a constructive trust of $625,486.90. Judge Kimball dismissed the case with no possibility to re-file the suit with an amended complaint, restricting SCO to pursue the case only in appeals. Circuit Court appeal On August 24, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit partially reversed Kimball's August 10, 2007, summary judgement, insofar as Kimball had found that Novell owned the copyright to Unix. The portion dealing with the 2003 Sun agreement was upheld by the appeals court. As a result, SCO could pursue its ownership of the Unix copyrights at trial. However, it remained liable for the $2,547,817 royalty award. Novell filed a petition for a writ of certiorari on March 4, 2010, seeking intervention by the Supreme Court of the United States. Novell argued that there is a circuit split on the correct interpretation of the Copyright Act's transfer requirements, and that the correct requirements are more strict than the Tenth Circuit's holding in this case. The petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court. Trial on remand for copyright issues The jury trial on the remanded copyright issues began on March 8, 2010 before Judge Ted Stewart. It was expected to last three weeks. On March 30, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Novell. On June 10, Judge Stewart ruled in favor of Novell on all issues, closing the case. The court found that Novell had not committed slander of title, was not now required to transfer the copyrights under the APA, that its copyright waivers issued to IBM were authorized, and that they did not violate the covenant of good faith. SCO appealed the district court judgment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on July 7, 2010. On August 30, 2011 the Appeals Court affirmed the trial decision. See also SCO/Linux controversies Groklaw Caldera OpenLinux References External links Novell's Unique Legal Rights - Novell's official page about this lawsuit SCO v. Novell at SCO.com - SCO's official page about the lawsuit Novell-SCO Timeline at Groklaw Groklaw's Legal documents section for SCO vs Novell - An archive of court documents related to this lawsuit Novell Files Arbitration Request in Paris -The Jacobs Declaration Novell Files