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posted by scubacuda
on Tuesday March 09, @10:10AM
from the request-denied dept.
BBC, Google News: The US Patent Office has invalidated the Eolas' claim that Microsoft infringed on US Patent 5,838,906, which protects the execution of remote code embedded in hypertext pages (and relates to the way Internet Explorer works with programmes such as QuickTime and Flash media players). If upheld, the decision would also spare the software giant paying out $521 million an Illinois court previously required Microsoft to fork over to Eolas Technology.
Since 1988 the US Patent and Trademark Office has only invalidated 151 patents out of nearly four million awarded. Eolas has 60 days to appeal.
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