March 11, 2005
Appeals-Court Ruling Favors Microsoft in Challenge to U. of California Web-Browser Patents
The University of California's assertion that its patent on an important Web-browser technology is valid suffered another setback last week when a federal appeals court ruled that key evidence in a challenge brought by the Microsoft Corporation was improperly withheld from a federal jury that ruled in favor of the university in 2003.
At the heart of the case is a lingering dispute between the university and Microsoft over who owns a method for launching and displaying applications like
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