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InternetNews March 2, 2005	Victory For Microsoft in Browser Plug-In Appeal The decision by a U.S. Circuit Court effectively overturns a lower-court ruling that the ActiveX technology used in Internet Explorer infringes on a patent. A loss by Microsoft could have lead to the crippling of a wide variety of common Web applications.
InternetNews June 9, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Fights For Browser Plug-Ins Redmond appeals the patent infringement ruling that barred the use of plug-ins and applets in IE.
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Michael Singer	Windows, IE Browser Changes Suspended Companies dealing with ActiveX are in limbo as unresolved issues in the Eolas patent lawsuit prompt Microsoft to suspend modifications to Windows and Explorer.
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	IP Upstarts: Get Microsoft Software vendors are both the victims and victimizers when it comes to patenting technology already in widespread use around the world.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Back to Court for Eolas and Microsoft A federal appeals court sends the patent infringement case back down for another trial.
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Wins One in IE Battle The U.S. Patent Trademark Office's preliminary ruling favors Internet Explorer in the Microsoft/Eolas infringement case.
InternetNews December 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	IE Changes To Avoid Eolas IP Microsoft changed the way its browser handles ActiveX controls in response to the ongoing Eolas patent infringement suit.
InternetNews December 9, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft to Appeal Browser Plug-in Ruling Redmond still fighting a patent infringement ruling about its ActiveX technology.
InternetNews June 1, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	MS Wins Right to Challenge Patent's Ownership Eolas Technologies may not be due $521 million after all in IE patent dispute.
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Eolas Patent Survives Re-Exam The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office seems inclined to let an early patent covering browser applets stand, despite opposition from Microsoft and a band of Internet gurus.
InternetNews October 31, 2005	High Court Rejects Microsoft Browser Appeal The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Microsoft in the long-running patent dispute over browser plug-ins brought by Eolas Technologies.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Another Eolas Re-Exam Request One of Microsoft's lead intellectual property law firms has asked the United States Patent & Trademark Office to open a new reexamination of the Eolas patent.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Seth Jayson	Microsoft Wins a Round The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revokes Eolas Technologies' patent on browser plug-ins.
InternetNews August 2, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Will Microsoft Settle With Eolas? Settlement talks preempt the start of a retrial in a long-running Microsoft patent infringement case - one the software giant lost last time.
InternetNews March 22, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Battles Gold Master Ruling In Eolas patent infringement suit, Microsoft asks judges to decide whether software code is an idea or a thing.
InternetNews December 22, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft on Losing End of XML Patent Lawsuit Analysts say patent litigation may just be the new cost of doing business in an increasingly complex product environment.
InternetNews May 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Rejects Vonage New Trial Bid A federal appeals court late Wednesday rejected Vonage's motion for a new trial in its bitter patent infringement feud with Verizon.
InternetNews August 31, 2010	Microsoft Appeals Patent Case to Supreme Court Microsoft plays out its hand in effort to reverse the USPTO's ruling that upheld the patent of Toronto-based i4i relating to a custom XML technology.
InternetNews September 4, 2009	Microsoft Gets OK to Keep Selling Word Now that the injunction is on hold, the company's next focus is on its appeal.
InternetNews June 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Loses Another Round in Excel Patent Case A United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a patent infringement verdict against Microsoft from last year, and as Microsoft protests, the bill piles up.
InternetNews May 2, 2007	Federal Judge Approves Alcatel/Microsoft Ruling A $1.53 billion patent infringement suit against Microsoft over MP3 playback is upheld.
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Tim Gray	EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature.
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft's Patent Tab: $388M Ought to Do It Jury finds that Microsoft infringed a California company's activation software patent to the tune of nearly $400 million.
InternetNews July 28, 2010	USPTO Deals Microsoft Setback in i4i Patent Case U.S. Patent and Trademark Office upholds Canadian firm i4i's patent for a custom XML editor, further narrowing Microsoft's options in a $290 million infringement case.
InternetNews August 30, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Settles Eolas Suit The long-running legal battle between Microsoft and Eolas Technologies, which Microsoft was losing, has been settled. The two firms agreed to an undisclosed settlement that resolves the case.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Anders Bylund	Playboy, Citigroup, and Google's Patent Problem Eolas is about to recast how we should think about software patents -- without really trying.
InternetNews July 21, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Apple, Microsoft Hit With Patent Suits Auto update features could cost computer makers millions.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska	The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.
InternetNews June 9, 2011	Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Patent Suit Against RIM Moves On Wireless e-mail provider Research in Motion won't get a break from NTP's patent infringement suit.
InternetNews August 12, 2009	Microsoft Blocked From Selling Word, Fined $290M A U.S. court yesterday slapped Microsoft with a $290 million fine and ordered it to cease selling versions of Microsoft Office Word, marking the latest fallout from a patent dispute with a smaller firm.
InternetNews September 11, 2009	Appeals Court Saves Microsoft $358 Million A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a $358 million damage award against Microsoft in a patent lawsuit is exorbitant, but still found that the software giant had still infringed a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent.
InternetNews December 12, 2007	eBay Plans Patent Infringement Appeal eBay wants to go another round in its patent fight with MercExchange.
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Ebay Hit on Patent Infringement An appeals court throws out one MercExchange patent, upholds rest of lower court ruling.
InternetNews February 2, 2004 Zachary Rodgers	Rich Media Ad Players Irked, Despite Reprieve Microsoft holds off on releasing the new versions of IE and Windows that would pose problems for rich media. So why are publishers and ad serving firms peeved?
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark	RIM Suffers Another BlackBerry Legal Defeat The $450 million patent dispute settlement between Research in Motion and NTP, Inc. is invalid, according to a court ruling issued Wednesday morning.
InternetNews May 12, 2010	USPTO Upholds i4i XML Patent in Microsoft Fight Microsoft has been dealt another setback in its long-running dispute with i4i as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has determined that the Toronto firm's Custom XML patent is valid.
InternetNews May 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage Playing Supreme Court Card Vonage claims a recent Supreme Court ruling will make it obvious company didn't infringe on Verizon patents.
InternetNews February 11, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Windows: Generic or Trademark? A U.S. District Court in Seattle has issued a ruling seemingly in favor of Lindows.com and against Microsoft.
InternetNews October 6, 2009	Eolas Sues Almost Everybody Over Browser Apps After Eolas' patent was extended, the tiny firm is taking it to the courts.
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Wins 'Tabbed Browsing' Patent Redmond stakes a claim to tabbing between links on a Web page.
InternetNews August 7, 2007 Roy Mark	Judge Saves Microsoft $1.5B Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal the decision reversing the U.S. record infringement award against Microsoft.
InternetNews November 12, 2007 Kenneth Corbin	University, Startup Sue Google Over Database Technology A patent-infringement suit filed in a federal court in Texas last week claims the core technology behind Google's search engine misappropriates the intellectual property of a Northeastern University professor and the startup he co-founded.
InternetNews September 29, 2009	Judge Overturns Uniloc Verdict and $388M Fine Microsoft could win the equivalent of a damages trifecta across several cases if its luck keeps up.
InternetNews April 18, 2006 Erin Joyce	Microsoft Dodges Class Action Bullet A federal judge denies appeals by plaintiffs for class action status that could have cost Microsoft $10 billion in rebates.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Awaits Crucial Court Ruling A decision on the software giant's request to suspend penalties imposed by the EU is expected soon.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Patent in Review The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a request by the Public Patent Foundation to review one of Microsoft's many patents, the organization said today.
InternetNews November 9, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft to Roll Back the Clock on ActiveX Through its settlement with Eolas, Microsoft can remove a lingering year-old change in Internet Explorer's ActiveX behavior.
InternetNews March 17, 2010	Microsoft Comes up Short in Another Patent Case Microsoft says it will ask the judge to reconsider his ruling and the jury's hundred million dollar damages award, but in the meantime, maybe Microsoft should consider opening a legal office in East Texas.