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Question is, will this make Microsoft's stock go up or down?

If this patent invalidation sticks, it will be a really good thing for most of us. And it will save MS from having to pay the half-billion dollar court judgement against it. But some think that MS wanted to lose.

The thinking was that by losing this suit MS would be in a position to engineer their own replacement solution that would be exclusive to their OSs. Getting a monopoly on this technology would be worth the half-billion.

CNET News.com:

Feds reject Eolas browser patent... The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has invalidated a claim to Web browser technology...

Posted by jackhodgson at March 5, 2004 10:41 PM