Microsoft loses Eolas Supreme Court appeal
Microsoft has lost the latest round in its battle with the patents company Eolas. The Supreme Court in the US has decided not to hear a review of the case.
The long running case concerns a patent by Eolas and the University of California that covers the use of applets in browsers. In 2003, a jury found that Microsoft had infringed the patent and ordered the company to pay $521 million in damages.
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