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FC: British Telecom's patent on hyperlinks goes to court Feb. 2002
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:05:24 -0500
Also see: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22337.html Web page template tool patented by IBM 2001-10-18 12:35:13 --- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:57:57 -0800 From: Paul <nc025 () nellump com> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Subject: BT sues Prodigy Not sure how new this news is, but it's news to me... http://www.idg.net/ec?content_source_id=25&idgnet_page=1&page_id=1794&channel_id=9-10000&remote_addr=131%2E252%2E253%2E173&doc_id=732742&site_id=366&referer=&sud=1 LONDON - A court date was set Monday in the lawsuit brought by British Telecommunications PLC (BT) against U.S.-based Prodigy Communications Corp. for patent infringement through the ISP's (Internet service provider) unauthorized use of the hyperlink. Last year, BT said it had discovered that it holds U.S. patent 4,873,662 for the invention of hyperlink technology used on the Internet, and on Dec. 13, 2000, the London-based telecommunication company filed suit in federal court in White Plains, New York. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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