Jquery issue in IE browser which contains protoype

Jquery issue in IE browser which contains protoype

we are using jquery 1.4.2 for displaying menus on mouse over functianlity In one of our legacy page we are using ajaxtags-1.1.5.js and dependent prototype1.3.1.js  for ajax autocompete functionality .in this page the menus are not working in ie browsers .th error message 'Object doesn't support this property or value' is displaying in jQuery line no 2828 (match expression). where as in firefox it is working fine. can any one help on this?
thanks,
bala.