>From Eweek @ http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1233815,00.asp
This could affect open-source browsers as well depending on where this
company goes next; but given that the U. of California is a plaintiff here,
they could very well let the open-source community do what it wants re
"popups" and "applets".
Relevant portion:
Microsoft Corp. is planning to alter its market-leading Internet Explorer Web
browser as a result of a recent $521 million browser-patent verdict against
it.
"Microsoft has indicated to W3C [Worldwide Web Consortium] that they will
very soon be making changes to its Internet Explorer browser software in
response to this ruling," wrote W3C Chief Operating Officer Steven R. Bratt
in a notice posted on the Web standards body's Web site. The changes could
affect "a large number of existing Web pages," he wrote.
Earlier this month, a federal jury in Chicago ruled in favor of Eolas
Technologies Inc. and the University of California, which claimed that
Microsoft infringed on their patent for technology that allows interactive
applications such as "plug-ins" and "applets" to be embedded in Web pages.
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