Eolas files motion to stop distribution of IE

[Kristian Koehntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5088349.html
Eolas files motion to enjoin IE

Last modified: October 8, 2003, 11:29 AM PDT
By Paul Festa 
 Staff Writer, CNET News.com
 
           
Eolas Technologies on Monday filed a motion to permanently enjoin
Microsoft's distribution of its Internet Explorer browser amid a flurry of
court filings by both sides in the pivotal patent infringement case. 

Eolas, the sole licensee and sublicensor of a browser plug-in patent owned
by the University of California, asked the U.S. District Court in Chicago
for an injunction against distributing copies of IE capable of running
plug-in applications in a way the Eolas patent covers.

"If they're not going to pony up and take a license under the patent, then
they shouldn't be using it," Martin Lueck of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
said in an interview.

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Und das, wo sie den IE direkt ins Betriebssystem integriert haben, sodaß er
angeblich nicht einfach entfernt werden kann... :-)

Kristian

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