Thursday, August 28, 2003|
Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?
Posted by
michael
on Thursday August 28, @09:19AM
from the speakeasy-has-spent-two-weeks-without-placing-my-order dept.
hexene writes "The W3C have issued an initial statement
on the recent court case of Eolas v. Microsoft in regards to US Patent
5,838,906. The patent relates to the embedding of objects in hypermedia
documents, and Microsoft has indicated they will have to make changes
to Internet Explorer as a result of the ruling. There may also be
far-reaching effects to both other web browser vendors and page
authors. Check out the public mailing list to discuss the various issues." See the previous Eolas story for background. |
Plugin Patent to Mean Changes in IE?
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