US high court won't review Microsoft patent case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider an appeal by Microsoft in a case involving claims by a privately held California software firm and the University of California that Microsoft infringed their patents with its Internet Explorer browser.

Without comment, the high court rejected an appeal by Microsoft that it said involved more than 64 percent of the US$521 million patent infringement ruling against the software giant.

Microsoft sought review of an appeals court ruling that allows the privately held firm Eolas Technologies Inc and the University of California to seek royalties based on the foreign manufacture and sale of an infringing software-related product.

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