Eolas in cahoots with open source working against Microsoft?
eWeek | at | by Mike
Eolas Technologies Inc. is talking with members of the Linux and open-source community about the use of its Web browser patent, which is at the heart of its high-profile infringement case against Microsoft, the company's founder said on Wednesday.
"We're in discussions with major players in Linux world and working on plan to resolve '906 patent issue with entire Linux community," Eolas Founder Michael Doyle told eWEEK.com, referring in short hand to the full patent's number. "The solution will be supportive of open-source community."
Doyle's disclosure comes the same day that his company received a favorable final judgment in its patent infringement case against Microsoft. A federal judge on Wednesday let stand an August jury verdict awarding Eolas $521 million in royalties despite Microsoft's request for a stay pending the outcome of a United States Patent and Trademark Office reexamination of the patent's validity.