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Microsoft settles Eolas patent saga
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: "We're pleased to be able to... [31 Aug 2007]
Microsoft IE patent appeal knocked back by Supreme Court
News The university and its spinoff company, Eolas, share the rights to a patent that they claim covers plug-ins and applets that are invoked through a web browser. The court's decision not to hear the case involving Eolas Technologies, announced... [01 Nov 2005]
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 shockwaves through the web since a federal district... [25 Sep 2003]
Microsoft's one-man nemesis threatens to bring down others
News Eolas originally filed suit against Microsoft in 1999, alleging that the software giant infringed on its patents when enabling the Internet Explorer web browser to use plug-ins and applets. Since applets and plug-ins are also a key feature of other... [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]
