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Microsoft Loses to the Tune of a Half-Billion
Microsoft loses $521 million verdict over browser patent
“A federal jury in Chicago awarded the University of California and a browser technology company $521 million after finding that their patents were infringed by Microsoft Corp.”
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Looking for Prior Art Against Eolas
Web patent critics spotlight old technology: This Eolas lawsuit is one of the rare issues that has united about everyone, even Microsoft. < blockquote>"The Web community is rummaging desperately through dusty technology archives, in a bid to overturn a sweeping patent verdict that could force major changes on the Internet's most popular…
More on the Eolas Case
The Eolas Patent: Don't Be a Victim: A well-written article on what the Eolas patent dispute means to you as a Web developer. "The ruling is likely to affect you — either as a Web developer, or as a Web consumer. First, despite the fact that Eolas' lawsuit targeted only Microsoft,…
Eolas-mandated IE Update is Out
Information for Developers about Changes to Internet Explorer: The Eolas patent decision has spawned the dreaded IE update. Changes will need to be made, especially if your sites use Flash. "Developers who build ActiveX controls, Web developers who use ActiveX and Java Applets on their Web sites, and developers who…
Strange Legal Possibilities
Does Microsoft want to lose the plug-in patent case?: Very interesting notes on the Eolas patent case. "a dark theory: ...Microsoft might willingly lose the case because doing so would harm its competitors worse than it hurt Redmond."
Patent Ruling Will Cripple Flash
IE, Flash, and patents: here comes trouble: Zeldman highlights a big problem with this Eolas patent ruling. Technically, rich media is now no longer allow to play automatically in the browser window. This means that Flash movies cannot start without user intervention. "Besides paying over half a billion dollars…
IE Changes May Affect Your Site
Ad Hoc Meeting on US Patent 5,838,906: Microsoft recently lost a patent dispute and is making changes to IE as a result (this, after they announced IE was frozen). The W3C posted this notice, with an ominous warning: "... Microsoft has indicated to W3C that they will very soon be…
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