Reuters is reporting that the U.S. government might step in and “cancel” the Eolas patent that threatens I.E’s use of pluggins that has a potentially disastrous effect on how Flash is viewed in IE.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on Thursday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may come to its rescue and cancel a patent that could force the world’s biggest software company to rejig its most popular product.
Microsoft, of Redmond, Washington, said it was suspending plans to make changes to its Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web browser, sparing users headaches caused by tweaking how mini-applications run on its software.
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