Okay, my excuse is that I don't have the time to spellcheck (and I dont care either). But I'm norwegian - and this is my translation of the article:
A Norwegian company claims rights to e-commerce - potential goldmine. Kristiansand-mann tok patent på bestillingskonseptene som brukes i dagens nettbutikker allerede i 1993 A native of [the city of] Kristiansand, took out a patent on an orderingsystem concept [that is in use in todays webshops] in 1993. Oslo (28.09.99) - The small Kristiansand-company, Bellboy, claimed the rights to the patent in 1993 [for Europe]. The company now plans to demand fees from every operation that sells products over the Internet or by phone. The small norwegian company Bellboy International shas the rights to the patent for e-commerce that gives them the right to claim lisence fees from every Internet webshop in Europe and possibly in the US the next 13-14 years (2013). litt. trans: (They plan to make use of lawyers to demand payment.)
Rolf Wilhelmsen [the founder and CEO] shot the golden goose(?): 12/17 1993 he applied for a patent relating to the use of computers and telephony in trade. The patent mentions realtime access to product ranges (databases) and the ability to do this over LAN/WANs using telephony (etc.). At the same time that the WWW and the Mosaic browser were launched.
A very slow process of registering meant that Bellboy could not claim their rights before now. The Bellboy-patent distinguishes itself from other patents in that it does not describe a technical term but a process.
-Our patent has been a well kept secret, and now're going to make it known. Most people get a shock when they learn of this. You will have to be very refined to circumvent our patent and still do e-commerce, says Wilhelmsen.
They have already claimed fees from a cinema ticket ordering system in Norway.
Wilhelmsen admits he has had incredible luck, when he managed to patent a process that becomes very important to a lot of people.
He does'nt want to talk about what kind of fees he'd like to demand. But even at tiny fee [per transaction] would lead to immense wealth [for Bellboy]!
To claim their fee, they recently aquired 1 million dollars from investors (?). - We are now seeking financing and partners, says Wilhelmsen. The company also needs money to battle those seeking to invalidate his patent in the US, Japan and Canada. They are also redeploying their system for reservations, the original product they developed that the made them patent the process.
Norw. patent nr. 17 98 88 describes a system where the user over a commonly accessible network [ex: PSTN] gains access to realtime information about the delivery of a service/product. And the possibility of placing an order live. This covers the concept of E-commerce over the web, and also using telephones (both cellular and ordinary).
A Norwegian company claims rights to e-commerce - potential goldmine. Kristiansand-mann tok patent på bestillingskonseptene som brukes i dagens nettbutikker allerede i 1993 A native of [the city of] Kristiansand, took out a patent on an orderingsystem concept [that is in use in todays webshops] in 1993. Oslo (28.09.99) - The small Kristiansand-company, Bellboy, claimed the rights to the patent in 1993 [for Europe]. The company now plans to demand fees from every operation that sells products over the Internet or by phone. The small norwegian company Bellboy International shas the rights to the patent for e-commerce that gives them the right to claim lisence fees from every Internet webshop in Europe and possibly in the US the next 13-14 years (2013). litt. trans: (They plan to make use of lawyers to demand payment.)
Rolf Wilhelmsen [the founder and CEO] shot the golden goose(?): 12/17 1993 he applied for a patent relating to the use of computers and telephony in trade. The patent mentions realtime access to product ranges (databases) and the ability to do this over LAN/WANs using telephony (etc.). At the same time that the WWW and the Mosaic browser were launched.
A very slow process of registering meant that Bellboy could not claim their rights before now. The Bellboy-patent distinguishes itself from other patents in that it does not describe a technical term but a process.
-Our patent has been a well kept secret, and now're going to make it known. Most people get a shock when they learn of this. You will have to be very refined to circumvent our patent and still do e-commerce, says Wilhelmsen.
They have already claimed fees from a cinema ticket ordering system in Norway.
Wilhelmsen admits he has had incredible luck, when he managed to patent a process that becomes very important to a lot of people.
He does'nt want to talk about what kind of fees he'd like to demand. But even at tiny fee [per transaction] would lead to immense wealth [for Bellboy]!
To claim their fee, they recently aquired 1 million dollars from investors (?). - We are now seeking financing and partners, says Wilhelmsen. The company also needs money to battle those seeking to invalidate his patent in the US, Japan and Canada. They are also redeploying their system for reservations, the original product they developed that the made them patent the process.
Norw. patent nr. 17 98 88 describes a system where the user over a commonly accessible network [ex: PSTN] gains access to realtime information about the delivery of a service/product. And the possibility of placing an order live. This covers the concept of E-commerce over the web, and also using telephones (both cellular and ordinary).
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Okay, my excuse is that I don't have the time to spellcheck (and I dont care either). But I'm norwegian - and this is my translation of the article:
A Norwegian company claims rights to e-commerce - potential goldmine.
Kristiansand-mann tok patent på bestillingskonseptene som brukes i dagens nettbutikker allerede i 1993
A native of [the city of] Kristiansand, took out a patent on an orderingsystem concept [that is in use in todays webshops] in 1993.
Oslo (28.09.99) - The small Kristiansand-company, Bellboy, claimed the rights to the patent in 1993 [for Europe]. The company now plans to demand fees from every operation that sells products over the Internet or by phone.
The small norwegian company Bellboy International shas the rights to the patent for e-commerce that gives them the right to claim lisence fees from every Internet webshop in Europe and possibly in the US the next 13-14 years (2013).
litt. trans: (They plan to make use of lawyers to demand payment.)
Rolf Wilhelmsen [the founder and CEO] shot the golden goose(?): 12/17 1993 he applied for a patent relating to the use of computers and telephony in trade.
The patent mentions realtime access to product ranges (databases) and the ability to do this over LAN/WANs using telephony (etc.). At the same time that the WWW and the Mosaic browser were launched.
A very slow process of registering meant that Bellboy could not claim their rights before now.
The Bellboy-patent distinguishes itself from other patents in that it does not describe a technical term but a process.
-Our patent has been a well kept secret, and now're going to make it known. Most people get a shock when they learn of this. You will have to be very refined to circumvent our patent and still do e-commerce, says Wilhelmsen.
They have already claimed fees from a cinema ticket ordering system in Norway.
Wilhelmsen admits he has had incredible luck, when he managed to patent a process that becomes very important to a lot of people.
He does'nt want to talk about what kind of fees he'd like to demand.
But even at tiny fee [per transaction] would lead to immense wealth [for Bellboy]!
To claim their fee, they recently aquired 1 million dollars from investors (?).
- We are now seeking financing and partners, says Wilhelmsen.
The company also needs money to battle those seeking to invalidate his patent in the US, Japan and Canada. They are also redeploying their system for reservations,
the original product they developed that the made them patent the process.
Norw. patent nr. 17 98 88 describes a system where the user over a commonly accessible network [ex: PSTN] gains access to realtime information about the delivery of a service/product. And the possibility of placing an order live. This covers the concept of E-commerce over the web, and also using telephones (both cellular and ordinary).
A Norwegian company claims rights to e-commerce - potential goldmine.
Kristiansand-mann tok patent på bestillingskonseptene som brukes i dagens nettbutikker allerede i 1993
A native of [the city of] Kristiansand, took out a patent on an orderingsystem concept [that is in use in todays webshops] in 1993.
Oslo (28.09.99) - The small Kristiansand-company, Bellboy, claimed the rights to the patent in 1993 [for Europe]. The company now plans to demand fees from every operation that sells products over the Internet or by phone.
The small norwegian company Bellboy International shas the rights to the patent for e-commerce that gives them the right to claim lisence fees from every Internet webshop in Europe and possibly in the US the next 13-14 years (2013).
litt. trans: (They plan to make use of lawyers to demand payment.)
Rolf Wilhelmsen [the founder and CEO] shot the golden goose(?): 12/17 1993 he applied for a patent relating to the use of computers and telephony in trade.
The patent mentions realtime access to product ranges (databases) and the ability to do this over LAN/WANs using telephony (etc.). At the same time that the WWW and the Mosaic browser were launched.
A very slow process of registering meant that Bellboy could not claim their rights before now.
The Bellboy-patent distinguishes itself from other patents in that it does not describe a technical term but a process.
-Our patent has been a well kept secret, and now're going to make it known. Most people get a shock when they learn of this. You will have to be very refined to circumvent our patent and still do e-commerce, says Wilhelmsen.
They have already claimed fees from a cinema ticket ordering system in Norway.
Wilhelmsen admits he has had incredible luck, when he managed to patent a process that becomes very important to a lot of people.
He does'nt want to talk about what kind of fees he'd like to demand.
But even at tiny fee [per transaction] would lead to immense wealth [for Bellboy]!
To claim their fee, they recently aquired 1 million dollars from investors (?).
- We are now seeking financing and partners, says Wilhelmsen.
The company also needs money to battle those seeking to invalidate his patent in the US, Japan and Canada. They are also redeploying their system for reservations,
the original product they developed that the made them patent the process.
Norw. patent nr. 17 98 88 describes a system where the user over a commonly accessible network [ex: PSTN] gains access to realtime information about the delivery of a service/product. And the possibility of placing an order live. This covers the concept of E-commerce over the web, and also using telephones (both cellular and ordinary).