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News Microsoft has settled a long-running and expensive lawsuit with Eolas Technologies, a start-up backed by the University of California that alleged Internet Explorer infringed a patent. The company said in a statement:... [31 Aug 2007]
Microsoft tweaks web controls in patent spat
News Microsoft has been in a long-running spat with Eolas Techologies and the University of California. In 2003, a jury awarded more than $500m in damages to the university and Eolas, but Microsoft appealed... [05 Dec 2005]
Microsoft IE patent appeal knocked back by Supreme Court
News The court's decision not to hear the case involving Eolas Technologies, announced without comment on Monday, clears the way for proceedings to continue before a federal district judge. If Eolas and its... [01 Nov 2005]
Microsoft still facing long list of legal woes
News Microsoft lost a round last month when the US Patent Office reaffirmed the Eolas web-browsing patent, and pen-computing pioneer Go sued Microsoft in July on antitrust grounds. Most prominent is the European Union's... [12 Oct 2005]
Microsoft wins reprieve in browser patent case
News In another win for Microsoft, the appeals court ruled that the lower court had erred in dismissing the company's claim of inequitable conduct against Eolas inventor and former UC researcher Mike Doyle. [03 Mar 2005]
Tech investment set back by EU falling-out
News Eolas recently won - then had annulled - its $521m claim for patent infringement against Microsoft, while ecommerce giant Amazon is currently being sued by Open Market over its shopping-cart feature. [12 Mar 2004]
Microsoft patent infringement upheld in court
News Judge James Zagel said he saw no reason to overturn an August jury verdict that said Microsoft's Internet Explorer web-browsing software had infringed on patent rights held jointly by small developer Eolas Technologies... [15 Jan 2004]
W3C investigates web patent threat
News The W3C conceived the patent advisory group to study the threat posed by the Eolas plug-in patent to the web's core markup language, HTML and related W3C recommendations. The Eolas patent has sent... [25 Sep 2003]
Small businesses to be hit by big fees
News In a recent example, a judge told Microsoft to pay $521m to Eolas Technologies, a University of California spin-off with one employee, no products, a handful of patents and 100 investors, after Eolas... [28 Aug 2003]
Microsoft's one-man nemesis threatens to bring down others
News Eolas Technologies, a University of California spin-off with one employee, no products, a handful of patents and 100 investors, on Monday prevailed in its $521m patent-infringement suit against Microsoft. [15 Aug 2003]
Microsoft loses court case - and $521m
News The company, called Eolas Technologies, originally filed suit against Microsoft in 1999, alleging that the tech giant infringed on its patents when enabling Internet Explorer to use plug-ins and applets in the software. [12 Aug 2003]
