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SBC Patents Links, Dynamic Pages

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

Oculus Habent writes "Robert Cringley has an article on a patent that SBC aquired. Patented in 1996 is the concept of linking to dynamic content with a static element of a page. First approaching museumtour.com, a small site, and asking them to obtain a revenue-based license, SBC appears to be trying to set precedent. He goes on to note that SBC is not a villian for doing this - it is after all a valid patent, and that what is needed now is prior art."

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  1. Thats it!! ...... by mustangdavis · · Score: 0, Redundant



    I'm patenting patents!


    Then just like Eric Cartman, I won't let anyone use my stuff ... no more patents for seven years!

    Hopefully by then the damn government can get the laws straightened out before we get too more of these totally rediculous patents flying around!

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