The Microsoft Corporation is stepping up its defense in a dispute with the University of California over who owns the patent to a key Web-browser technology. Only weeks after a federal appeals court partly reversed a decision that could have awarded $565-million to the university and its spinoff, Eolas Technologies, Microsoft has asked for a new hearing on part of the ruling that went against the company. Its lawyers argue that software produced overseas from a "golden master" disc should not be subject to U.S. patent law.
For more on the appeals court’s verdict from earlier this month, see an article from The Chronicle by Andrea Foster.
