BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent

There's been a lot of new publicity lately about the British Telecom trying to defend a patent that they claim means they invented hyperlinking. Currently they are going after Prodigy for using hyperlinking back in the early eighties. We've mentioned this one before, but it really looks like they are going to push it. Insane.

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quite within their rights

[ideut]

Those of you who can see through the usual slashdot editorializing will realise that BT are a veritable innovation machine. Not only did their visionary engineers invent the concept of hyperlinking, their lawyers are not afraid to defend their intellectual property against scoundrels and freeloaders such as Prodigy.

what do they have to lose?

[night_flyer]

The telecom industry is on life support at the moment. Stocks are about as low as they can go (WCOM hit $6.00 a share sometime last week, from a high of $85.00).

they will lose this case and they will probably go bankrupt soon after. Its just a money grab that is doomed to failure.