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November 12, 2007
ActiveX Again
Having
paid the
piper a half-billion dollars, Microsoft next month issues an update to
Internet Explorer that is vintage: instantly active ActiveX controls. Having
settled with Eolas Technologies for patent infringement, Microsoft can ditch its
"click to activate" workaround. The Eolas patent,
5,838,906, claimed instantly active web page content. Microsoft
extravagently fought eight years over the single-click feature before caving in.
Posted by Patent Hawk at November 12, 2007 11:40 PM | Patents In Business