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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 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 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 9, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft to Appeal Browser Plug-in Ruling Redmond still fighting a patent infringement ruling about its ActiveX technology.
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Ryan Naraine	USPTO Close to Rejecting Plug-in Patent The U.S patent office is a step closer to overturning the controversial browser plug-in patent at the heart of a dispute between Microsoft and Eolas Technologies.
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 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 January 15, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft To Appeal Latest Browser Ruling The controversial patent spat has taken a new turn with a judge ordering Microsoft to pay $521M in damages, but waiting for an appeal.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 July 21, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Apple, Microsoft Hit With Patent Suits Auto update features could cost computer makers millions.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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 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 December 14, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Rules RIM Infringed A federal appeals court ruled today that a district court properly determined that Research in Motion infringed on the patents on NTP, but still sent the case back to the district court for further review of damages.
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, 2010	Microsoft's i4i Appeal Headed for Supreme Court Microsoft will get a chance to make its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, appealing the earlier patent infringement decision it lost to i4i.
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 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 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 June 9, 2011	Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.
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 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 September 26, 2007 Caron Carlson	Vonage Dealt Sprint Nextel, Verizon Patent Blows VoIP provider Vonage, in the midst of Verizon appeals, takes a Sprint Nextel patent blow.
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 March 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Side Against eBay in Patent Case The United States government is siding with a Virginia patent holder that eBay willfully infringed on its patents and should be barred from using its popular "Buy It Now" feature, which allows a buyer to purchase an item at a set price.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Stephen Albainy-Jenei	One Privileged Position Biomedical Patent Management sued the California Department of Health Services, claiming patent infringement, but the State of California can claim immunity from patent suits.
InternetNews March 12, 2010	Microsoft Loses Another Round in i4i Case In latest setback in patent case, appeals court reiterates that Microsoft's infringement was "willful," while both sides wait to see if the court will agree to hear Microsoft's en banc appeal.
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage Asks Court to Vacate Infringement Verdict Vonage late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to vacate a lower court decision that the Internet telephone company infringed on patents held by Verizon.
Home Theater February 26, 2008	TiVo's Lawyers Trash EchoStar's Lawyers U.S. District Court of Appeals ended a legal fistfight between TiVo and EchoStar. The court upheld a lower court ruling that the owner of the Dish Network infringed patents for a "multimedia time warping system."
InternetNews November 8, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Amazon.com Hit With 'Recommendation' Suit Online retailer Amazon.com was hit by a patent infringement suit that strikes at the core of its business.
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 June 30, 2004 Jim Wagner	Mozilla, Opera Unite to Standardize Web Can't plug in? Work begins on an API to handle multimedia plug-ins across all browser platforms.
InternetNews March 28, 2011	Kodak CEO Hopes for $1 Billion in Patent Suit Eastman Kodak's head told Bloomberg he thinks a patent victory in court could bring in $1 billion. Kodak sued Apple and RIM in January 2010 for what it claims is infringement of a patent it holds in the area of previewing images in iPhone and Blackberry mobile devices.
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 February 2, 2006 Tim Scannell	Patent Office Rejects NTP Patent Claims The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday issued an Action Closing Prosecution ruling rejecting all claims associated with NTP's patent-infringement lawsuit against RIM.
InternetNews March 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Security, Patent Tweaks For Internet Explorer Microsoft this week has updated how Internet Explorer 6.0 handles ActiveX controls, bringing it into alignment with IE 7.0 and the Eolas patent-infringement suit. The update affects Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.
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.