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British Telecom's Hyperlink Claims To Reach U.S. Court

Posted by timothy on from the wish-it-was-unisys-on-the-other-end dept.

downundarob writes: "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. 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. The full story is here."

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  1. Prior Art - the mother of all demos by mamahuhu · · Score: 5, Informative

    In 1968 Douglas C. Engelbart in this demo showed all the things we take for granted now every time we sit down at a computer, use a mobile phone or PDA - hyperlinks are not even half of it.

    There is much more about Doug online here and a whole lot more on -

    Enough said I think.