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Intellectual Property

Feb. 11, 2012

Web patents that threatened Silicon Valley giants invalidated

In a major victory for Silcon Valley technology companies that had been threatened by a patent infringement lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars, a Texas jury ruled the patent invalid Thursday.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In a major victory for Silicon Valley technology companies that had been threatened by a patent infringement lawsuit by a holding company and the University of California seeking hundreds of millions of dollars, a Texas jury ruled the patents invalid Thursday.


Eolas Technologies Inc., founded by a former UCSF Medical Center biologist, sued a host of technology and other companies, accusing them of i...

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