Microsoft must face Explorer patent suit
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Microsoft must face a lawsuit by the University of California accusing the world's biggest software maker of using patented technology without permission in its Internet Explorer Web browser, a U.S. court ruled yesterday. U.S. District Judge James Zagel rejected Microsoft's bid to dismiss the suit, ruling that too many issues are in dispute.
"What the parties have provided me with are arguments that criticize each other's contentions and limited evidence with which to determine how the browser and operating system work together in identifying and locating an executable application," Zagel wrote.
Microsoft sought dismissal of the case, arguing that Internet Explorer didn't work the way the patent described.