Politech: FC: British Telecom's patent on hyperlinks goes to court Feb. 2002

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Also see:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22337.html
Web page template tool patented by IBM
2001-10-18 12:35:13

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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.




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