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Feds Reject Eolas Browser Plug-In Patent

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the surprise-turn-of-events dept.

theodp writes "The USPTO has issued a preliminary decision invalidating Eolas' claim to Web browser technology central to a case against Microsoft, which could save the software giant more than half a billion dollars in damages. If upheld, this also means Microsoft will not be required to make changes that would have crippled IE's ability to work with plug-ins like QuickTime and Flash. Eolas has 60 days to respond to the decision. The USPTO has only invalidated 151 patents out of nearly 4 million patents awarded since 1988."

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  1. Re:Your Sig by KD5YPT · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you don't like him, make your voice heard, vote for ANYONE but Bush (okay, maybe not anyone, but vote for someone you know who might do a better job, which mean, no mentally challenged individuals).

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  2. Re:Your Sig by DA-MAN · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I didn't vote for bush in 2000 and I won't vote for Bush in 2004. Everyone made their voice heard, but unfortunately in free countries like the USA we don't elect the most powerful position directly. Rather it is done by the electoral college.

    Having his bro in Fl helped him cheat Gore out of the election, and everyone knows it. Hopefully Dubya will go away much like his father before him after one term. Unfortunately I get the feeling he's got Osama in some basement and will be pulling him out around Aug/Sept right in time for the elections.

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  3. Re:Your Sig by Skavookie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unfortunately the only people slimy enough to actually want the job are precisely those who we do not want to give it to.