Eolas patent may get invalidated
 

See the 6-Mar entry at http://www.FightThePatent.com for updated info on this topic.


The reason why this news is relevant is that if enough outcry is made, the USPTO will pay attention to re-exam a patent.



Fight the Silent Cry!

umm what is this patent exactly
is it kind of like ACACIA

Eolas had a patent that they felt covered the use of plugins in a web browser and sued Microsoft for infringement.

The court found Microsoft guilty and slapped a judgement of $531 million for damages.

Microsoft recently lost the appeal.

This news of the USPTO taking up the re-exam request (few months ago), and now coming to a preliminary conclusion that the prior art submitted could invalidate the patent is a very good one.

The USPTO paid attention to this case because the mainstream internet community made alot of noise about it.

While i certainly post alot and on many boards, it's not as big of a noise.

Now that mainstream is covering the Acacia issue, more mainstream noise should be generated.

If enough noise is made, then someone can file a re-exam request and get the USPTO to review it.


Fight the Prior Art!