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Microsoft Nailed by Software Patent

Posted by michael on from the software-patents-dangerous-to-everyone dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It was just announced that Microsoft lost the case where it was accused of violating Eolas' patent on embedded applications in the Internet Explorer browser. They have been fined $521 million in damages."

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  1. Horrible outcome by Lonath · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I hope MS wins on appeal. It's never good to let people with software patents successfully sue other people. Which is why I hope that even in the SCO/IBM case, IBM cannot use its patents successfully.

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