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Prior Art for Hyperlink Order Tracking in Email?

Posted by Cliff on from the the-'many-eyes'-concept-on-something-other-than-code dept.

Davesbud asks: "I'm trying to invalidate a patent that claims to have invented 'placing a hyperlink in an email which in turn provides the recipient with order status or tracking information.' I am searching for any web pages, articles, newsgroup/forum discussions, brochures or the like, published before December of 1997, that describes this idea. You've seen this if you've ordered almost anything online or shipped by FedEx or UPS. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks."

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  1. Re:Burn down the fucking US patent office. by MrRudeDude · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    "Patents are necessary to cure sick people" is a Republican myth. A new drug that works comes out once a decade -- these companies are making fat profits off the ones that merely didn't kill enough people to fail FDA approval. A limitation of patents to only drugs that make people live longer would have a good effect, but then so would eliminating patents completely.