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Argument Held in $565 mil Microsoft Patent Case

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the putting-off-payment dept.

Grotius writes "As reported in CNET, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the court that hears patent appeals) heard oral argument in an appeal from a $565 million award against Microsoft for infringing patent rights held by the University of California and Eolas. The University and Eolas share the rights to a patent that they claim covers plug-ins and applets that are invoked through a Web browser. The case has broad implications for the internet -- Microsoft could be forced to change Internet Explorer and make it incompatible with some web pages. However, the issue before the court was narrow: Whether Microsoft should have been permitted to present evidence to the jury of prior art in the form of an earlier web browser called Viola created by Pei Wei."

6 of 256 comments (clear)

  1. First POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GNAA ALL THE WAY

  2. Re:First POST??? by tannhaus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So...just curious

    But, how stupid DO you feel when you use "First POST" as your subject and you're the second post?

  3. Re:First POST??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Probably not as stupid as you'll feel when you realize you got modded -1 Offtopic for replying to a FP troll without checking the Post Anonymously box.

  4. RUN!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:First POST??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The GNAA still fails it. The GNAA is dying, as they have done NOTHING useful lately. A bunch of lonely fat white losers pretending to be gay niggers can't even keep a trolling group operating. What a bunch of losers. Even TrollKore, with their cum-stained lips have done more than the GNAA lately. THE GNAA IS DEAD!

  6. mo23 down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Love o+f two is