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SBC Demands Royalties for Links in Frames

Posted by timothy on from the gutsy-and-bold-but-a-bad-aftertaste dept.

John Miles writes "Offering yet another persuasive argument in favor of employee substance-abuse testing at the US Patent and Trademark Office, SBC Communications is asserting exclusive ownership of the concept of links in browser frames. With SBC's convenient new rate plan, now you, too, can afford to license your favorite HTML feature!"

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  1. haha, this is great... by gyratedotorg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i can't wait for them to sue the united states government for patent infringement.

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    Gyrate Dot Org - "Where high-tech meets low-life"
    1. Re:haha, this is great... by BruceRD · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually the page on the USPTO that displays the patent needs a licence. Follow the link in the summary then select "images" from the bottom of the page. You go to a frame based layout with consistent navigation (prev/next page, skip etc) in a left frame and the output of the browser in the right. Would be interesting to know if the USPTO have a licence, or are currently being hounded to get one!
      -Bruce