Eolas v. Microsoft

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appealsTo Microsoft appealed
gptkbp:containsSettlement settled in 2007
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Microsoft_Corporation
gptkbp:destroyedBy $521 million
gptkbp:filingDate gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eolas v. Microsoft
gptkbp:impact affected web browser plugin architecture
prompted changes in Internet Explorer
gptkbp:juryVerdictYear 2003
gptkbp:notableFor controversy over software patents
large patent infringement damages
gptkbp:patentAtIssue U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Eolas_Technologies_Inc.
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tim_Berners-Lee
gptkb:World_Wide_Web_Consortium
gptkbp:subject web browser technology
embedded interactive content
gptkbp:verdict in favor of Eolas
gptkbp:yearFiled 1999
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:US_Patent_5,717,403
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7