OK, the ruling in favor of Eolas against M$ has people shook up (including the W3C).

Now, above and beyond, that. This is more than M$, for example Netscape is probably lible as well for royalties, since they use plug-in technology as well.

I got curious about Eolas and looked at their technology page. There is a patent there that makes me wonder if they are going to sue the computer gaming industry next.

From their site:
The patent also covers image space collision detection technology believed to be currently in widespread use throughout the computer game industry.