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82-Year-Old Coder Trumps BT's Hyperlink Patent

Posted by timothy on from the old-ways-are-best dept.

grendelkhan writes: "According to Wired News, 82 year-old programmer, Bob Bemer, claims his creation of escape invalidates British Telecomm's hyperlink patent. He has no intentions on cashing in, he just wants BT to quit suing people and prove, in his own words: 'All this new patent stuff is crazy and counterproductive.'"

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  1. Re:He oughta get the patent... by geekoid · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "floop" said the tar pit.

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