Eolas patent annulled

[AdamGundry]

As you can read on the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3546203.stm), amongst others (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/36065.html), the US Patent Office has invalidated Eolas' patent, which threatened usability on the web. It's not certain yet, because Eolas can still appeal, but certainly a victory. I don't know how the US system works very well, so does anyone know what this means in real terms? Any other thoughts?

Adam

[Robert Wellock]

In real terms it means Microsoft has got off lightly.