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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. Re:Maggots by Steeltoe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I wouldn't call them maggots. It's demeaning to the maggots. They're quite useful you know.

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