Eolas vs. Microsoft Lawsuit Settled and Sealed

theodp writes "The Seattle P-I's Todd Bishop reports that Microsoft has settled its 8-year-old web browser plug-in patent dispute with Eolas. The spat begat the click-to-activate Web after Microsoft was slapped with a $500+ million patent infringement judgement. Neither Eolas nor Microsoft will be disclosing terms of the deal, although Eolas told investors to expect a dividend (PDF). Microsoft didn't say whether or how the settlement would affect its approach to the underlying technology in IE or other programs. Just last month, the USPTO issued a non-final rejection of the patent's claims, citing the work of Pei-Yuan Wei as prior art."

Comments

Hurry!!

[SpeedyDX]

What's the ticker symbol for Eolas? I uh ... just want to check their um ... corporate history. Nothing to do with the upcoming dividend. No sirree.

For the layman

[Alzheimers]

So let me get this straight...Eolas pattented Clicking?

And Microsoft couldn't find any prior art for a toggle switch?

It's worse...

[Urusai]

...they patented NOT clicking.