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Microsoft Tries to Patent the Internet Again
sebFlyte writes "In what is described as yet another example of how patents can kill or inhibit standards, a patent has come to light that was granted to Microsoft in the year 2000 that looks surprisingly similar to IPv6 (the next-gen IP standard that is starting, slowly, to be taken up in some parts of the world). And several Microsoft engineers, named on the patent just happenned to be part of the IPv6 group for the IETF..."
This time they bought the rights to the internet from the creator, Al Gore.
if one of those succeeds one day. I'm sure that when that day comes, I'll also see the general population running around aimlessly, in all directions, bumping into eachother.
You see... the US Patent Office is alot like the Slashdot editors... more often than not, they get duped...
While there is still time! PNP & NPN!!!!
...to us
Let's all make our own internet and not invite Microsoft. It'll be great. With hookers. And gambling.
In fact... screw the gambling.
They have. Didn't you read the EULA that came with the Internet?
They're mad hax0rz of the patent office.
ShortFormBlog: Writing a little. Saying a lot.
The award for creating a sentence with the most obsessive use of IP goes to: M$! ...for an entry in their insidious attempt at trying to patent the internet.
As quoted:
"assigning an IP address from the IP address server to the host when an IP address server is available over the IP network; and
immediately discontinuing use of the generated IP address when an assigned IP address is received from an IP address server available over the network."
Oh man... I hope that this isn't copyrighted because I could get sued!
How long must we be a victim of fate and circumstance?
As long as it takes to change our minds.
This time they bought the rights to the internet from the creator, Al Gore.
And that would especially funny, considering Al Gore now sits on Apple's Board of Directors.
Great cow of Moscow! You know that linebreaks are your friend, right?
misreading an article about patents, and then submitting the erroneous conclusions to Slashdot who will then exercise their editorial bias against patents and post it as news.
"(since the patent is registered in the .us and .us patent law allows these kinds of shenanigans)"
.uk anymore. Is .co a British state or what?
You just referred to an entire country by its domain. Wow, just wow.
I'd like a vacation in England, but I can't seem to find the
it was owned by Apple. iNternet. Right?
Looking back over all your other /. comments, dude... you need to get a life. Your posts are way too logical, enlightened, and long. Find yourself a blog site, get nationally syndicated and clean up.
by the time IPv6 becomes used widespread the patent will have expired.
No, for some geeks there is no chance of being screwed.
On the other hand if you meant assimilated...
Would you kindly mod me +1 insightful?
You mean a priest, a rabbi and a horse didn't walk into a bar one day?
By the taping of my glasses, something geeky this way passes
Someday, Microsoft will own the IETF, Internet Society and W3C. We'll be screwed.
:D
If that happens, Internet Explorer will be 100% standards compliant!
Unfortunately the current system seems to have some disadvantages.
You'd better pray that nobody has a patent on understatements!
IPv4 is outdated.
IPv6 is 0wnz0r3d.
Good thing we have IPv5 to switch to.
Free as in mason.
Boy, you're right. Vint Cerf is a total retard who doesn't know anything about the Internet. Send him a correction e-mail forthwith!