Eolas' web patent nullified By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Published Friday 5th March 2004 23:50 GMT In a very rare, but not unprecedented move, the US Patent Office has nullified a contentious technology patent. A spin off from the University of California, but described as a "one man operation", Eolas last year won $521 million from Microsoft for breach of what the former describes as its "web application platform". US Patent 5,838,906, granted in 1998, protects the execution of remote code embedded in hypertext pages.
The decision by an Illinois court to award the verdict to Eolas last year was widely condemned across the industry, and co-inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners Lee said the decision would "impair the usability of the Web for hundreds of millions of individuals in the United States and around the world." Microsoft had already promised to modify Internet Explorer code, although an injunction last month allowed it to wait until the Patent Office's review process was complete. Eolas Technologies has 60 days to appeal. (theregister.com) Hasn't worked its way through all the appeals, though. Jerry Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/04 04:27PM >>> granted... didn't we go through that recently with Eolas? Fortunately I haven't heard anything about it recently, so I'm guessing the suit's gone nowhere (other than publicity for Eolas). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139365 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
