Interactive Web Patent Invalidated

10 February 2012

Eolas’ latest patent claim was thrown out of court in “just a few hours”. But, according to Wired’s Joe Mullin, Eolas had already settled before the trial with a number of big companies: > Those companies inculde: Apple, Argosy Publishing, Blockbuster, Citigroup, eBay, Frito-Lay, JP Morgan Chase, New Frontier Media, Office Depot, Perot Systems, Playboy Enterprises International, Rent-A-Center, Sun Microsystems (bought by Oracle while this litigation was underway), and Texas Instruments.

It’s win, win for patent trolls while companies are prepared to settle before a trial.