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After beating Microsoft, Eolas sues everyone else

Source: WinBeta

Oct 07, 2009

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A company that won a $565 million patent-case judgment before settling with Microsoft in 2007 has filed suit against 22 more companies, alleging they also violated the same patent.

Eolas Technologies holds patents on technology that allows Web sites browsers to include embedded media and applications. In its complaint (PDF) filed Tuesday, Eolas named as offenders Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Argosy Publishing, Blockbuster, CDW, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, Go Daddy, Google (including YouTube), J.C. Penney, JPMorgan Chase, New Frontier Media – shall I keep going? – Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises, Rent-a-Center, Staples, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments and Yahoo...