Microsoft loses bid to have Web applications patent tossed out

Posted by tadelste on Sep 29, 2005 9:22 AM EDT
Seattle PI; By JOEL ROSENBLATT
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Microsoft Corp.'s bid to invalidate a patent covering Web applications was dealt a setback after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday upheld the patent owned by the University of California. The University of California sued Microsoft for infringing the patent, which permits the use of interactive applications such as looking at and buying merchandise on different Web pages, according to Trey Davis, director of special projects for the University of California. Microsoft uses the technology in its Explorer Web browser, Davis said.

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