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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22534)	2/2/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: memery	Respond to of 24154

How Microsoft could screw up perhaps the single most important presentation for them in this case is simply beyond me. Stay tuned: Willy Gates, Esq., Microsoft Chairman, CEO and lead defense attorney is just warming up.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22534)	2/2/1999 10:56:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Respond to of 24154

Far-reaching patent suit hits Microsoft By Reuters Special to CNET News.com February 2, 1999, 7:05 p.m. PT Microsoft was sued today by a small research and development firm in a patent infringement case concerning key technologies used by Microsoft and other leading Internet software makers, attorneys for the plaintiffs said. The federal lawsuit, filed on behalf of Eolas Technologies of Chicago, claims Microsoft's products infringe Eolas' U.S. patent for the technology that makes plug-ins and applets possible, the attorneys said. Such technologies help give Internet users the ability to download music, video, or animated graphics via the Web. Eolas said in a statement its U.S. Patent 5,838,906 is infringed by Microsoft's Web-enabled software, including Windows 98 and Windows 95 and Internet Explorer. Eolas claims exclusive commercial rights to a November 17, 1998, patent that covers the first browser system to allow small interactive programs, such as "plug-ins," "applets," or "scriptlets" to be embedded into Web browsers. The company said its patent covers a version of such programs from Microsoft known as ActiveX Controls. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. news.com Interesting possibilities. Microsoft copied feature for feature from Netscape and nobody checked the patent rights.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22534)	2/2/1999 11:26:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

How Microsoft could screw up perhaps the single most important presentation for them in this case is simply beyond me. I must waggishly but rudely repeat my old line on this, I detect Bill acting as his own attorney, and you know what they say about such an attorney's client. Cheers, Dan.

To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (22534)	2/2/1999 11:54:00 PM
From: Harvey Allen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

>"falsifying video" I think it fits. Just like the "you would be doing me a great service" survey that came in at 90% for the Senate hearings. There is a general contempt for any intelligence outside of the Microsoft campus in these matters. Harvey