Don't rewrite your pages yet - Eolas may not be able to roll around in their dough after all.

Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web Patent: "In a little-noticed ruling dated Oct. 30, the Patent Office said such arguments were enough to launch a review.
'In view of the admitted prior art ... a substantial new question of patentability is raised as claims 1-3 and 6-8 of U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906,' Kunin wrote in the order.
'We're certainly heartened by the fact that the Patent Office has decided to take a look at the patent,' Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said. 'We maintained all along that the patent was invalid.'"

The entire world as we know it may very well be in grave danger:

Ban on Internet access taxes in jeopardy / Bipartisan lobbying sprouts in Congress

"The risk of multiple taxes is huge,'' said a telecom executive. 'If you send an e-mail, even if it's just across town, it could pass through Texas, Texas could claim a nexus, and tax it in any number of ways. They could tax the e-mail itself, or the number of 'bits' downloaded from a Web site, or the cost of Internet access itself, or they could apply gross receipts taxes, sales taxes, excise taxes. "