Some possible good news on the IP front, though possibly not for Microsoft hating purists, is that the US Patent and Trademark office, having reviewed the patent they granted Eolas Technologies on browser technology, have apparently decided to invalidate the patent. This is the patent at the centre of the case where Eolas were awarded $520 million against Microsoft for patent infringement last summer. Judge James Zagel had recently, in February 2004, upheld the jury's original verdict.

This one is likely to run and run.