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• Interactive Web Patent Struck Down

  thewall.com.au | 11:43 pm Feb 9, 2012

  • Eolas, a patent troll, lost its case that laid claim to the "interactive web"
  • Case was based on Michael Doyle's claim to have invented the idea of interactive websites in 1993
  • Doyle's claims were strongly challenged by many in the tech community
  • Businesses supporting an open Web applauded the decision

• Texas Jury Strikes Down Patent Troll’s Claim to Own the Interactive Web

  wired.com | 10:52 pm Feb 9, 2012

  TYLER, Texas — After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas — named after the Irish word for knowledge — may be finished. An eight-member federal jury in East Texas deliberated Thursday for just…

• Apple Patent Shows 3-D Interface Calibrated by Eye Positioning

  wired.com | 4:40 am Feb 10, 2012

  In a recent patent application, Apple shows how an immersive, adjustable 3-D user interface could be implemented in future mobile devices. The patent, titled “Three Dimensional User Interface Effects on a Display by Using Properties of Motion, ”…

• Jury rules that Eolas's "interactive web" patent is invalid

  arstechnica.com | 11:19 pm Feb 9, 2012

  An East Texas patent case that has attracted the attention of the technology world came to a screeching halt Thursday as the jury ruled that the key patent in the case is invalid. Eolas, a patent troll that has been shaking down technology companies for…

• A Texas Jury Now Deliberating Who, if Anyone, Owns the Web

  wired.com | 10:52 pm Feb 9, 2012

  TYLER, Texas — The Eolas patent case, just submitted to a jury in the “rose capital” of Texas boils down to one question: “Who was first?”The answer to that question will determine whether the rich, interactive web as we know it is owned by the world or…

• Jury rules that Eolas's "interactive web" patent is invalid

  arstechnica.com | 5:33 am Feb 10, 2012
• Jury strikes down Eolas' 'Interactive Web' patent

  cnet.com | 1:17 am Feb 10, 2012
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• Texas jury agreed Eolas 906 patent invalid. Good thing too!

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  9:40 pm Feb 9, 2012