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BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up dept.

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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  1. what do they have to lose? by night_flyer · · Score: 3, Troll

    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.

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