4 posts and columns on Eolas Technologies

Eolas Sues Internet

in News on October 6, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

Three years after squeezing a settlement out of Microsoft for alleged infringements of its controversial patent on embedded Web applications, Eolas Technologies hopes to do the same to a bunch of other big tech outfits. This morning, the research and development company filed suit against nearly two dozen companies, including Amazon, Apple, Adobe and Google.
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Microsoft Lawsuits: 1 Down, ? to Go

in News on August 31, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Microsoft Legal Breaks Into Song: 'Another One Bites the Dust'

in News on August 31, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

It’s taken the better part of a decade, but Microsoft has finally managed to settle the patent-violation case brought against it by Eolas Technologies. First filed in 1999, the lawsuit claimed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer wrongfully used Eolas’s technology for running external applications in the browser. Eolas won $520.6 million in damages from Microsoft in 2003, [...]

Microsoft Legal Breaks Into Song: ‘Another One Bites the Dust’

in News on August 31, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

It’s taken the better part of a decade, but Microsoft has finally managed to settle the patent-violation case brought against it by Eolas Technologies. First filed in 1999, the lawsuit claimed Microsoft’s Internet Explorer wrongfully used Eolas’s technology for running external applications in the browser. Eolas won $520.6 million in damages from Microsoft in 2003, [...]