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The fight of embedding plug-ins and applets in a web browser. Eolas v. Microsoft. And apparently invented at. By Anuj Verma UC Berkeley Business Administration & CET IEOR 190G Fall 2008 December 8, 2008. Table of Contents. Overview The Patent Patent Technology Litigation Timeline
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The fight of embedding plug-ins and applets in a web browser Eolas v. Microsoft And apparently invented at By Anuj Verma UC Berkeley Business Administration & CET IEOR 190G Fall 2008 December 8, 2008
Table of Contents Overview The Patent Patent Technology Litigation Timeline Microsoft’s Defense Browser Changes Result Questions and Answers 1
Overview A brief description of Eolas and what they do 2
The Patent The patent that was in dispute throughout the trial • Patent 5,838,906 (‘906) • "Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document“ 3
Patent Technology The basics of how patent ‘906 works 4
Litigation Timeline Figuring out the order of events that lead to the case 5
Microsoft's Defense How Microsoft fought the case 6
Browser Changes The changes that Microsoft made in their browser to bypass the system 7
Result The result of the lawsuit 8
Questions and Answers Overview The Patent Patent Technology Litigation Timeline Microsoft’s Defense Browser Changes Result 9