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Seattle, WA: (Aug-30-07) Eolas Technologies Inc. brought a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., alleging that the software giant infringed Web browser patents. A federal court in Chicago ordered Microsoft to pay $521 million for copying technology developed by Michael Doyle, Eolas Technologies' chairman, while he was at the University of California at San Francisco. The university owns the patent, which helps embed small interactive programs, plug-ins or applets, into Web pages. Sources stated that Eolas has exclusive marketing rights. Parts of that decision were reversed in 2005 by US Court of Appeals, which ordered a new trial. The retrial of the 2003 lawsuit, brought by Chicago-based Eolas Technologies, was set to begin at the end of August, but the two reached a settlement instead. The terms of the new settlement were not disclosed. [FORBES: EOLAS PATENT]

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Published on Aug-31-07