Tim Berners-Lee aids Microsoft in Eolas patent squabble

According to Computer Business Review, Berners-Lee wants the Under Secretary of Commerce for IP, James Rogan, to investigate the lawsuit between Eolas and Microsoft.

He said that the World Wide Web is threatened by the patent Eolas claims Microsoft is infringing, and the end result would be expensive re-engineering by software developers and Web page designers.

The report also says Berners-Lee doubts the patent is valid anyway, because object embedding has long been part of the HTML armoury.

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