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	Eolas
		Along with Using Tcl to write WWW client side applications, Eolas [1] is well known for inventing the Web plugin/applet platform, and the associated patent that they're currently enforcing against Microsoft [2].
		Developer of the Eolas WebRouser [4] [5], which was cited by Robert X. Cringely as invalidating prior art [6] for the infamous SBC Web patent.
		Cringely in other columns has written about how Eolas "is mopping the floor" in its judicial encounters with Microsoft, by which he means that the company is winning court cases--maybe big and important ones.
	wiki.tcl.tk /1935 (824 words)

	UC, Eolas win verdict against Microsoft in Web browser cas
		Eolas and the University of California claimed that Microsoft infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906, which was issued to UC on Nov. 17, 1998 and licensed exclusively to Eolas in October 1994.
		Michael Doyle, Eolas’ president and former UC researcher, co-invented the patent's technology to allow interactive applications in Web pages, which previously was limited to static information and helper applications.
		Eolas (short for "Embedded Objects Linked Across Systems") was founded in 1994 by Doyle and his research group to create and market new technologies and innovative products that make the Web a more interactive medium.
	www.ucop.edu /news/archives/2003/aug11art1.htm (814 words)

	IE Changes To Avoid Eolas IP
		In August 2003, a jury awarded Eolas and the University of California $521 million in damages.
		Eolas then asked the court to block the distribution of IE.
		Microsoft had argued that using plug-ins was an obvious strategy that shouldn't have been patented; moreover, it said Eolas had engaged in inequitable conduct by not disclosing to the USPTO the existence of the Viola browser, which also uses plug-ins and may pre-date Eolas' demonstration.
	www.internetnews.com /xSP/article.php/3568286 (644 words)

	Patent office rules for Microsoft in Eolas case
		The patent office rejected a patent owned by the University of California and licensed to Eolas Technologies Inc. that was the subject of a lawsuit against Microsoft.
		Eolas can ask the patent office to amend its finding or agree to change the wording of the patent so it passes muster.
		Eolas lawyer Martin Lueck said the prior inventions, called prior art, that were cited as reasons to invalidate the patent had already been considered, and rejected, by a federal judge.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/163526_msfteolas06.html (513 words)

	ITworld.com - Eolas patent decision goes against Microsoft
		Eolas is a spin-off of the University of California.
		According to a news release from the university, the patent office completed a "re-examination process" on the original patent, which was published in November 1998, and plans to issue a re-examination certificate to uphold its validity.
		Eolas first filed suit against Microsoft in 1999 for infringing its patent in Internet Explorer, and it was awarded a US$520.6 million judgment in August 2003.
	www.itworld.com /Man/2687/050930eolas/pfindex.html (347 words)

	Geek.com Geek News - Eolas Tech sues to stop distribution of IE
		Eolas Technologies claims to have come up with the method by which plug-ins are called and utilized, but Microsoft claims prior art existed as early as 1991 at Berkeley.
		Eolas hasn't received a dime, MS won and injuction against having to pay the judgement while they appeal.
		I think Eolas will be limited in their scope because they included a definition of object in the patent itself.
	www.geek.com /news/geeknews/2003Oct/gee20031009022136.htm (4170 words)

	Microsoft ordered to pay $521 million \| Tech News on ZDNet
		The company, called Eolas Technologies, originally filed suit against Microsoft in 1999, alleging that the Redmond, Wash., giant infringed on one of its patents when enabling Internet Explorer to use plug-ins and applets in the software.
		The specific patent from Eolas was not mentioned in the documents, but Microsoft executives had described the necessity for technology that conformed to the outlines of the patent.
		Eolas also came up with the "e" logo, which IBM purchased the rights to use in 1997.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5062409.html (1025 words)

	Eolas files motion to enjoin IE \| CNET News.com
		Eolas files motion to enjoin IE The holder of a browser plug-in patent asks a court for a permanent injunction against Microsoft's distribution of Internet Explorer, in the continuation of a patent infringement case.
		Eolas, the sole licensee and sublicensor of a browser plug-in patent owned by the University of California, on Monday 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.
		Lueck said Eolas would still permit Microsoft to distribute IE as is, as long as it's being used in conjunction with an application provider or a corporate intranet that has an Eolas plug-in license.
	news.com.com /2100-1028_3-5088349.html (1224 words)

	Eolas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eolas (Irish for "information") is a United States company, patent licensee, and alleged patent troll.
		On September 27, 2005, the USPTO upheld the validity of the patent.
		The PTO ruling rejected the relevance of Pei Wei's Viola code to the Eolas patent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eolas (1030 words)

	Federal Circuit Vacates in Eolas Patent Case, 3/2/2005.
		Eolas is the licensee of U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906.
		That is, Michael Doyle, one of the inventors of the invention disclosed in the Eolas patent, knew of Wei's browser, but did not disclose this to the USPTO.
		This case is Eolas Technologies Incorporated and the Regents of the University of California v.
	www.techlawjournal.com /topstories/2005/20050302.asp (1001 words)

	Eolas Sues Microsoft for Patent Infringement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eolas is represented in the suit by the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. The suit asks the court for both unspecified damages for the infringing activity and for an injunction to force Microsoft to cease all future manufacturing, use and sale of infringing products.
		The Eolas '906 patent was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on November 17, 1998, for creation of the first browser system that, for example, allowed for the embedding of small interactive programs, such as "plug-ins," "applets," "scriptlets" or ActiveX® Controls, into World Wide Web documents.
		Eolas Technologies Inc. (www.eolas.net) was founded in 1994 by Dr. Doyle and his team shortly after a U.S. patent application was submitted for their pioneering work.
	www.eolas.com /zmapress.htm (585 words)

	BetaNews \| Controversial Eolas Web Patent Upheld
		Eolas had sued Microsoft alleging the plug-in architecture in Internet Explorer infringed on its intellectual property.
		In March, the appeal was granted, sending the case back to a lower court, where Microsoft plans to prove that Eolas did not invent the technology, and knowingly withheld information from the USPTO.
		Eolas already recieved $521 million in damages and now Microsoft wants him to burn or the very least make sure a good chunk of that 521 million is used in court fee's.
	betanews.com /article/Controversial_Eolas_Web_Patent_Upheld/1128032819 (1206 words)

	Eolas strikes back; Microsoft prepares appeal \| CNET News.com
		The University of California and Eolas file a response to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, two months after the office issued a rare re-examination of the Eolas browser patent that has Microsoft scrambling.
		UC and Eolas filed a response to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 11 weeks after a USPTO examiner issued preliminary findings in a re-examination of the Eolas browser patent.
		Eolas also submitted two declarations, one by Eolas founder and patent inventor Mike Doyle, the other by Princeton University computer scientist Ed Felton, who was a lead prosecution witness for UC and Eolas at trial.
	msn-cnet.com.com /2100-1032_3-5210492.html (661 words)

	Eolas, Microsoft make their case--again \| CNET News.com
		Microsoft will argue that similar technologies, or "prior art," were demonstrated before Eolas filed its patent application--and the software giant may find friendly ears on a key portion of its argument with the three-judge panel selected to hear its appeal.
		UC and its Eolas spinoff won a $521 million judgment--later upped to $565 million--against Microsoft last year when a U.S. District Court in Chicago ruled that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser infringed on an Eolas patent for opening third-party applications, or "plug-ins," within a browser.
		With their win at the district court, UC and Eolas set off alarm bells throughout the online community as Web developers faced the prospect of Microsoft's altering IE in such a way that would break millions of Web pages.
	news.com.com /Eolas,+Microsoft+make+their+.../2100-1032_3-5483373.html (693 words)

	Microsoft Announces Steps to Address Eolas Patent Ruling: Documentation for Developers and Modest Changes in Software ...
		Eolas Technologies Inc. is the exclusive licensee of a patent owned by the University of California.
		In the case, Eolas asserted that the patent covered one specific mechanism used by Web page authors to embed and automatically invoke certain interactive programs.
		Although Microsoft asserted that the patent was invalid due to pre-existing inventions, the court refused to let the jury consider the prior art.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2003/oct03/10-06EOLASPR.asp (724 words)

	Another Eolas Re-Exam Request
		The Eolas inventors, Michael Doyle, David Martin and Cheong Ang, assigned their interest in the patent to the University of California in November 1994 and then licensed it back.
		Microsoft and Eolas are wrapped up in litigation that began in February 1999 with a patent infringement suit filed by Eolas, alleging that Microsoft's ActiveX infringed the patent.
		On appeal, the Circuit Court upheld the lower court's interpretation of the Eolas patent on browser plug-ins, but said the jury in the Eolas patent infringement suit against Microsoft should have considered whether the patent itself is valid.
	www.internetnews.com /bus-news/article.php/3574851 (831 words)

	Patent Office upholds Eolas browser patent \| The Register
		Eolas and the University of California sued Microsoft in 1999, and many were stunned when a jury agreed with the claim in 2003 and awarded damages of $520.6 million plus interest.
		Microsoft's appeal related to limitations placed on the extent of prior art evidence that the District Court allowed Microsoft to put forward to support its claim that the technology behind the Eolas patent was already in the public domain and that the patent was therefore invalid.
		Eolas’ lead trial attorney, Martin R Lueck, said: “Given the appeals court’s affirmation of Microsoft’s infringement and the favourable resolution of the re-examination, we look forward to quickly dispatching the remaining issues before the district court so that the university and Eolas can be fairly compensated for the use of their property right."
	www.regdeveloper.co.uk /2005/09/30/uspto_upholds_eolas_patent (624 words)

	Eolas
		Eolas is a simple Extensible Markup Language (XML) format used to generate narrative-centric documentation and presentations.
		This document provides an overview of the various features of the specification and their usage, plus additional recommendations on style where XML does not apply.
		Eolas documents should be created from a pre-built template, which should contain all the extra cruft required by XML documents.
	sial.org /_xs/eolas/example.xml (673 words)

	Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas-Related Changes To Windows and Internet Explorer: Modifications for Addressing Eolas ...
		Earlier this month, the district court entered its final judgment in the Eolas case, and Microsoft intends to appeal.
		In the case, Eolas asserted that the patent covered a mechanism used by Web page authors to embed and automatically invoke certain interactive programs.
		Independent of the actions of the trial court in the Eolas lawsuit, the Commissioner of the Patent Office has announced that the Patent Office has determined that there are substantial questions concerning the validity of the Eolas patent.
	www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2004/jan04/01-29EolasWaitPR.mspx (537 words)

	Netcraft: Raggett: Eolas Patent 'A Well Known Idea'
		The patent in question is held by the University of California and licensed to Eolas Technologies, which in August won a $521 million court judgment against Microsoft after a jury found that the Internet Explorer browser infringed the UC/Eolas patent.
		Microsoft will appeal the Eolas court ruling, and is designing a technical workaround that will allow IE to continue to use popular multimedia plugins from Apple, Macromedia, Real Networks and Adobe.
		The W3C filing was dismissed by laywers for Eolas, who said the court has considered and rejected the HTML+ spec as prior art.
	news.netcraft.com /archives/2003/11/07/raggett_eolas_patent_a_well_known_idea.html (714 words)

	University of California Office of the President
		Reexamination of the patent was initiated by the PTO director in October 2003 after Microsoft was found liable for patent infringement in a lawsuit brought by UC and Eolas Technologies Inc., the company to whom UC exclusively licensed the ‘906 patent.
		In 1993, Michael Doyle, Eolas’ president and a former UC researcher working on transforming how scientific information was accessed and published, co-invented the patent's technology to allow interactive applications in Web pages, which were previously limited to static information and helper applications.
		With a UC licensing agreement reached in October 1994, Eolas was founded by Doyle and his research group to create and market new technologies and innovative products that make the Web a more interactive medium.
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /news/2005/sep28.html (719 words)

	Microsoft wins battle for new judge in Eolas suit \| The Register
		The case, which is worth over $500m to Eolas, will be reassigned on the orders of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).
		Eolas is a company founded by Dr Michael David Doyle of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) which came up with a method of allowing browsers to use other small pieces of software.
		Eolas says that Microsoft turned down the opportunity to licence its technology and when similar technology turned up in Microsoft's browser, Eolas sued.
	www.theregister.com /2006/08/02/microsoft_eolas_new_judge (572 words)

	Wired News: Eolas Files Patent Lawsuit
		The suit was filed in federal ourt in Chicago, with Eolas Technologies claiming that Microsoft's Windows 98, Windows 95, and Internet Explorer violate its patent on certain browser-related technologies.
		Eolas is represented in the suit by the law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi in Minneapolis.
		Eolas CEO Mike Doyle led the research team that developed the patented technology.
	www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,17688,00.html (365 words)

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