neo1980 Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 A British company claimed in federal court Monday that it owns the patent on hyperlinks -- the single-click conveniences that take a Web surfer from one Internet page to another -- and should get paid for their daily use by millions of people. But a federal judge with a laptop on her desk warned that it may be difficult to prove that a patent filed in 1976, more than a decade before the World Wide Web was created, applies to modern computers. check the rest here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Hyperlinks != HTTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooey Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 The US patent office dish out patents for anything thesedays... Good luck to BT, God bless capitalism! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Heheheh. BT owns the web effectively ;) Imagine if they did somehow make a succesful claim. Would be very funny. Whys this being talked about again anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooey Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 I think it's gone to court... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 I *Love* the way you're referred to BT as 'a british company'. lol! any old run of the mill british company they are. honest. (guv). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=NickJ= Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 lol good luck BT P.S. w00t post 200! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 w00t post 500 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren (Killshot) Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 any 1 remeber when INTEL tryed 2 patient 586 4 the proccessor? http is the standerd internet now, theres no way in hell they will allow this 2 go ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=NickJ= Posted February 12, 2002 Share Posted February 12, 2002 Its just hyperlinks, not the protocol itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted February 13, 2002 Share Posted February 13, 2002 Now what's going to happen... 1 cent per hyperlink you put on a page? Screw them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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