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EFF To Fight Dubious Patents

Posted by timothy on from the applause-applause dept.

theodp writes "The Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a campaign on Monday to overturn patents that it says are having a chilling effect on public and consumer interests. The ten patents initially cited as problematic by the EFF Patent Busting Project are: one-click online shopping, online shopping carts, hyperlinking, video streaming, internationalizing domain names, pop-up windows, targeted banner ads, paying with a credit card online, framed browsing, and affiliate linking. Maybe this will prompt former EFF Board Member Tim O'Reilly to share that killer piece of 1-click prior art that's sitting on his bookshelf!"

2 of 140 comments (clear)

  1. Why fight it? by Hythlodaeus · · Score: 2, Redundant

    pop-up windows, targeted banner ads

    Maybe it would be better if these were locked up by patents.

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    For great justice.
  2. I think this is a bad idea.... by JaJ_D · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Quote"The ten patents initially cited as problematic by the EFF Patent Busting Project are: [snip] pop-up windows"

    In my opinion the patent owner of this should make ALL popup ad site pay them a very large some of money for using them! That should help slow down the perliferation of this PAMA (PopUp Ads of Mass Annoyance)...

    [Ponders]

    Wonder if I can patent spam ??

    With tongue firmly in cheek

    Jaj