Microsoft hit by £324m browser bill
13 April 2012
SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has been told to pay $521m (£324m) to the University of California and a Chicago company, which claimed they invented technology used in the Internet Explorer browser.
A federal jury in Chicago decided Microsoft infringed a patented method for accessing interactive programs with an internet browser. The action was initiated in 1999 by Eolas Technologies, which said Microsoft had used its patented web browser technology.
Eolas' lawyer Martin Lueck said his client will seek hundreds of millions of dollars more in royalties. Internet Explorer controls 96% of the browser market.
