Texas Jury Strikes Down Man's Claim to Own the Interactive Web

Posted by samzenpus on Friday February 10, 2012 @02:40AM from the man-who-didn't-own-the-world dept.

ackthpt writes "Sir Tim Berners-Lee traveled to a courtroom in East Texas to give his testimony on how, if upheld, the Eolas Technologies & University of California patent on Web Interactivity could prove to be a major threat to the Internet as it's known today. The Jury deliberated only a few hours before invalidating the patent in question. In a victory Tweet Berners-Lee said, 'Texas jury agreed Eolas 906 patent invalid. Good thing too!' Google, Amazon, Apple, Adobe and a host of other companies, with representatives present, must have given a Texas-size sigh of relief."

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Re:What? East Texas Jury? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-10 03:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

Tired old joke
Re:Simpsons Kid... by tqk · 2012-02-10 03:14 · Score: -1, Redundant

You know when someone explains something funny, like a joke or a riddle, and it becomes less funny.
Like you just did?
Oh, and are you aware that questions are supposed to be completed with question marks? Just curious.

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