BT Loses Case Over Hyperlink Patent 224
Tarkie sent in this Bloomberg blurb noting that British Telecom has lost their patent suit against Prodigy over an old patent that BT hoped would cover the use of hyperlinks on the modern WWW. See our original story or check out the court's decision.
Damn (Score:3, Funny)
Wow!! I was scared for a moment!! (Score:1, Funny)
Me neither. (Score:3, Funny)
Sad Day for Intellectual Propery (Score:1, Funny)
Similar Case? (OT) (Score:5, Funny)
At least the Onion had intended the humor...
Sane Judge found in White Planes, NY (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Me neither. (Score:4, Funny)
Or just getting worse at spelling.
Re:Lost on SJ (Score:3, Funny)
"Look, dude, we know you're guilty, so we're just going to skip the details and throw you in jail."
In related news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is a good thing(tm) (Score:1, Funny)
non-US patent holder loses? Big deal... (Score:3, Funny)
The example of British company losing its patent claim in the US court to a US company doesn't disprove above point.
Re:But AOL may infringe (Score:2, Funny)
BTW, the Minitel terminals make good cheap consoles for Linux. If you happen to be in France, just put a modem with mgetty on your box. You can then access it from any house equipped with a Minitel just by dialing your box's number then pressing the `Connexion/Fin' button (don't forget to switch the terminal to 80-column mode). If nothing else, it makes me laugh when everyone in the room looks strangely at me, probably thinking I've just hacked the Telco's system
Critical Flaw in Decision (Score:2, Funny)
The document write is missing an end parenthesis.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board.