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Eolas says it would settle over IE 'In response to newly revealed details of Microsoft's potential plans to redesign its browser, Eolas founder Mike Doyle urged the software giant to leave Internet Explorer alone and pay his company a license fee instead." Further down in this article, it mentions that ...

The Eolas Patent: Don't Be a Victim: A well-written article on what the Eolas patent dispute means to you as a Web developer. "The ruling is likely to affect you either as a Web developer, or as a Web consumer. First, despite the fact that Eolas' lawsuit targeted only ...

Eolas files motion to enjoin IE: They want Microsoft to stop distribute any version of IE prior to the new one with the changes. Eolas, the sole licensee and sublicensor of a browser plug-in patent owned by the University of California, on Monday asked the U.S. District Court in Chicago ...

Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent: It looks like the W3C's trip to the patent office may have paid off. "The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has stepped squarely into a fight roiling the Web by agreeing to re-examine the Eolas patent for a browser plug-in, a development likely to ...

Microsoft removes ActiveX activation warning from IE: The Eolas debacle has apparently ended. Microsoft paid them off and hopes to update all IE versions by April 2008. For an undisclosed sum, the software maker has licensed the patented technology in question from Eolas, allowing it to modify IE6 and 7 ...

Web patent critics spotlight old technology: This Eolas lawsuit is one of the rare issues that has united about everyone, even Microsoft. "The Web community is rummaging desperately through dusty technology archives, in a bid to overturn a sweeping patent verdict that could force major changes on the Internet's most ...

Information for Developers about Changes to Internet Explorer: The Eolas patent decision has spawned the dreaded IE update. Changes will need to be made, especially if your sites use Flash. "Developers who build ActiveX controls, Web developers who use ActiveX and Java Applets on their Web sites, and developers who ...

Patent central to Microsoft case invalidated: And in a complete reversal... The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated a claim to Web browser technology central to a case against Microsoft, a move that could spare the software giant from paying more than half a billion dollars in damages... This ...

Does Microsoft want to lose the plug-in patent case?: Very interesting notes on the Eolas patent case. "a dark theory: ...Microsoft might willingly lose the case because doing so would harm its competitors worse than it hurt Redmond."

IE, Flash, and patents: here comes trouble: Zeldman highlights a big problem with this Eolas patent ruling. Technically, rich media is now no longer allow to play automatically in the browser window. This means that Flash movies cannot start without user intervention. "Besides paying over half a billion dollars to ...

Why is it Catfight Thursday you ask? Well, for one, Apple's taking swipes at Microsoft's new MSN Music Service: "It's biggest problem may be that its downloaded songs can not play on the iPod," said Eddie Cue, Apple's vice president of applications. Gates fires back regarding Microsoft's focus on portable ...