The problem is, Microsoft can afford expensive lawyers and HLTV can't. So there probably isn't much point in trying to fight MS.
Chances are good EFF would represent them.
I don't know what that is. I'm afraid that my legal knowledge is scarce.
It still seems odd that they could get the patent in the first place, though. What's it take to get a patent? Can I go out and patent static web pages right now?
EFF is the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the organization that represents Bnetd in Blizzard vs Bnetd.
EFF is an internet intellectual property rights advocacy organization.
You probably could patent the idea of "static web pages" with as retarded as the current patent system is. It not only makes patents meaningless, but.... well, that's what it does!