Court overturns $521M ruling against Microsoft – Mar. 2, 2005 Another trial? Ack!
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned a $521 million patent infringement ruling against Microsoft Corp. and ordered a lower court to retry the case against the world’s largest software maker.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the original verdict, which found that parts of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser had infringed on technology developed by privately held firm Eolas Technologies Inc. and the University of California, had ignored two of Microsoft’s key arguments.
The case sparked concerns that Microsoft would have to alter its Internet browser, making it unable to run certain applets, or mini-applications, that run on Web pages. Microsoft’s browser is used by 9 of every 10 Web surfers.
Eolas is like the SCO of the Microsoft world. Go to their website – seems like they just slapped one together this morning. And this company helped create the internet? Completely bogus. Also, just like with SCO the timing is really odd – why didn’t they sue Sun in 1994 when they created the WebRunner browser that ran Java applets?
The thing is that $521 million dollars is NOTHING for Microsoft to pay. I’m shocked that Microsoft doesn’t simply pay a billion to buy the patent and then use it against Firefox, Opera, AOL, etc.
Hey suckers! Everybody should mail all the cash they have to Microsoft and wait for instructions on how the world will be run from now on. You don’t need cash, there is new software that has much more value. Software talks and it is saying cash is nothing but trash. Don’t give me any of that do goodie good bullshit.
I wonder why no one in IT media, except for Robert X. Cringely, is covering the burst.com x MS case. MS allegedly stoled Burst technology and later tried to obstruct justice, but no one is paying any attention.