Internet technology provider Eolas Technologies Inc. has reached a licensing agreement with Delray Beach, Fla.-based Office Depot, Inc., covering two Eolas patents that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications.
According to a release, the agreement resolves Eolas' legal claims against Office Depot in Eolas Technologies Inc. v. Adobe Systems Inc., et al., No. 6:09-cv-446. Eolas previously reached licensing agreements with Rent-A-Center Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Playboy Enterprises International Inc.; New Frontier Media; Oracle Corp., as successor to defendant Sun Microsystems; JPMorgan Chase; and Argosy Publishing Inc.
Eolas conducts research and development to create technologies in data analysis, visualization, collaboration and networking.
Eolas Chairman Dr. Michael Doyle previously served as Director for the Center for Knowledge Management at the University of California-San Francisco. A recent article in Crain's Chicago Business chronicles Dr. Doyle's role in developing the technologies for both patents, and his current work to establish a Chicago affiliate of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, including a planned opening in 2015.
The agreement with Office Depot resolves legal claims related to two Eolas patents, U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906 ('906 Patent) and U.S. Patent No. 7,599,985 ('985 Patent).
Companies still named as defendants in the lawsuit include Adobe Systems Inc.; Amazon.com; Apple Inc.; CDW Corp.; Citigroup Inc.; eBay Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc. [a subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc.]; The Go Daddy Group Inc.; Google Inc.; J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; Staples Inc,; Yahoo! Inc.; and YouTube, a subsidiary of Google Inc.
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