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    Mobile e-mail developer Visto said on Thursday that it has sued technology giant Microsoft for infringing on several of its patents.

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    As part of a re-examination, the U.S. Patent Office has issued a preliminary rejection for a patent previously granted to Microsoft for a Windows file format.

  • Eolas ups ante in Microsoft patent dispute

    Eolas Technologies on Monday filed a motion to permanently enjoin Microsoft's distribution of its Internet Explorer browser amid a flurry of court filings by both sides in the pivotal patent infringement case.

  • The patent fight that could disrupt the Internet

    At first blush, the awarding of US$521 million of Microsoft's money to plug-in patent holder Eolas Technologies looks like one of those "score one for the little guys" victories.

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    Open source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products.

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