Texas Jury Strikes Down Man's Claim to Own the Interactive Web 151
ackthpt writes "Sir Tim Berners-Lee traveled to a courtroom in East Texas to give his testimony on how, if upheld, the Eolas Technologies & University of California patent on Web Interactivity could prove to be a major threat to the Internet as it's known today. The Jury deliberated only a few hours before invalidating the patent in question. In a victory Tweet Berners-Lee said, 'Texas jury agreed Eolas 906 patent invalid. Good thing too!' Google, Amazon, Apple, Adobe and a host of other companies, with representatives present, must have given a Texas-size sigh of relief."
Simpsons Kid... (Score:5, Funny)
Cue that kids from the Simpsons laughing... Point at Eolas laughing:
Ha Haa!
AL should have patented it when he invented it (Score:1, Funny)
What? (Score:4, Funny)
A frivolous patent troll's suit is stricken down in a Texas court?
What is the world coming to??
Re:What? East Texas Jury? (Score:5, Funny)
Judge's finding: (Score:5, Funny)
Sir, I've met Al Gore, and you're no Al Gore.
Keep Going (Score:4, Funny)
Let's keep up the momentum and invalidate a host of other stupid patents.
Jury Deliberation went something like this: (Score:5, Funny)
Juror 1: "If we say this patent is valid, they'll take our internet away!"
Jurors: "Hell no!"
Juror 1: "I guess we should shoot the breeze for a couple hours so they will think we thought hard about this."
Re:What? East Texas Jury? (Score:5, Funny)
You guys and your "my state is badder!" pissing contests... sheesh. Reminds me of an old joke (and no, I'm not from Alaska).
A Texan, a Californian, and an Alaskan are in camp, and the Texan brags about Texans. "We ride BULLS!"
The Californian laughed. "We ride WHALES!"
The Alaskan didn't say anything, he just stood there stirring the fire with his dick.