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Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites

Posted by timothy on from the oh-that-makes-sense dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A Singapore firm, VueStar has threatened to sue websites that use pictures or graphics to link to another page, claiming it owns the patent for a technology used by millions around the world. The company is also planning to take on giants like Microsoft and Google. It is a battle that could, at least in theory, upend the Internet. The firm has been sending out invoices to Singapore companies since last week asking them to pay up."

3 of 481 comments (clear)

  1. Gore? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AFAIK, Al gore never claimed to be from Singapore

  2. Re:SCO to the rescue! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hi twitter

  3. Please mod offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    twitter is trotting out Microsoft when they clearly have absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. People are punished with offtopic moderations for pointing out his 10 sockpuppets, so he should be nailed to the wall as well.