Hyperlink Patent Enforcement

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• * smack my bitch up'd * : skitzo

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• even shows some word processing, cut/copy/paste. Heh. : xvdl
• http://vodreal.stanford.edu/engel/08engel200.ram if you want to go straight to the hyperlink video. : xvdl
• the guy r0x0rs with the mouse. He woulda been a l33+ quake player. : xvdl
• EAT IT BT! : Stormrider
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  did they patent it? aparently BT did... Kind of like IBM and open-architecture PC's? oops... we fu... : KcraCSmoka
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    no but it shows that it already existed : sexninja!!!!
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      doesn't matter... patent rights are the case at hand... no patent... tough shit... BT wins : KcraCSmoka
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        yea but you can't patent somthing of prior art; ie i woudlnt be able to go out and patent the internal c : sexninja!!!!
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          that technology has previously been patented... it's now an open patent (i believe)... for the record... : KcraCSmoka
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            Actually I'm almost 100% certain you're wrong. If prior art can be proven beyond a doubt, then the pate... : johnny rotten
            • I really don't know... I may just have to do some researching and find out though... damnit... I hate... : KcraCSmoka
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            that's how those Inventor service groups work... somebody comes up with an idea... there's no way they : RatBastard
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              damnit rat... You don't have to paraphrase me like a little anon bitch... I realize how it works I've be : KcraCSmoka
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                Actually, I quoted you, not paraphrased, but that's being picky. ;) -Rat : RatBastard
                • ;pßßß : KcraCSmoka
    • Doesn't matter if they patent it or not. If they can prove that they thought of it first, they can inv... : RatBastard
  • it doesn't matter whether they patented it or not. It's called "prior art." If you are going to patent s... : xvdl

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• not bloody likely : KcraCSmoka
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  there is a video of someone clicking on hyperlinks that goes back to 1966 I believe. Slashdot showed it : xvdl
  • i remember hearing about a contest to come up with proof to debunk this patent rofl : scarefro
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    slashdot... there's a reliable source... what exactly did they "click" on that hyperlink with? : KcraCSmoka
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      a mouse. : xvdl
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        The mouse wasn't invented Until the Apple Macintosh i believe...cause thats were Bill and his buddies s... : dysfunctional
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          Why would anyone have even needed a mouse before then? Drafting programs were shit... GUI's were almost... : KcraCSmoka
          • thats what i'm saying : dysfunctional
          • it's called "research." If they didn't research new methods like this, it would never get into the comme... : xvdl
        • Xerox had it well before Apple. Steve Jobs was so impressed with the WIMP interface (Window Interface Mo... : xvdl

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• I'm sure that idea has already crossed a lot of peoples minds... present company excluded of course :... : KcraCSmoka

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• /runs : sexninja!!!!

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  http://www.shugashack.com/funky.y?id=642580 : KcraCSmoka
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    Ah yes, 404... : Stormrider
    • oops... too many y's... :) http://www.shugashack.com/funk.y?id=642580 : KcraCSmoka
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    Heh...404 but after reading further down the page I found the post you were referring too {dys}: : dysfunctional
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      I still dont see how people whip those out so fast... owell... : KcraCSmoka
      • Huh? heh : dysfunctional

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  years before? where is this video? ARPANET didn't really get off the ground until 1969... and it was : KcraCSmoka
  • hypertext does not require TCP/IP. Look this stuff up at www.slashdot.org, they had the video. I watched... : xvdl

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• plz dont bake anymore diakatana liek games thnx : [sikander]

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  #76 WTF is there a shopping cart on that page, what do they make the patents up and if you like them you ... : ghost in my shell
  • haven't you ever heard of patent lawyers, patent clerks, patent designers... people make a living writin... : KcraCSmoka

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  Ouch. Wouldn't it though? =) : Naim
  • Depending on what BT decided to charge your ISP... Your ISP gets fucked = You get fucked You get ... : KcraCSmoka

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• BT = poorly run company hoping not to fuck up Microsoft = poorly run company too loaded with cash to gi... : KcraCSmoka

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  the idea of hypertext markup is what they're claiming... if someone is making money off of an intellectu... : KcraCSmoka
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    I still dont see how it could stand up. The similarities between a patent like this and Apple trying t... : johnny rotten
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      I don't know the exact extent of the patent laws... but wasn't Apple's case after-the-fact? They were ju... : KcraCSmoka
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        the fact that I know what that says scares me. Now...how can they own a patent to a link code? How co... : Ominous
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          how can Microsoft patent a CODEC for WMP? how can intel patent a floating point algorithm? It's the... : KcraCSmoka
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            Telcom (if what they claim is true) can take action to protect their intellectual property. That's a giv... : Naim
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              I agree that it's a fruitless effort... I was just helping to explain their reasoning behind the whole c... : KcraCSmoka
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                Yeah, I just wanted to put my 2 cents in... Not directly reply to you. ;D : Naim
                • I wouldn't mind connecting my foot with the eye of BT's president... FrO : The_FrO
          • you could just say go to wwwdotmicrosoftdotcom :0 : Ominous
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        #35 I cant say I'm exactly up to snuff on my patent cases either, I just know that courts generally f : johnny rotten
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          it really not that general of an idea though... it's simplistic yes... but how would you replace hyper-l... : KcraCSmoka
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            Why, that's obvious. the UBERLINK! : Naim
            • The GERMAN-TECHNO-UBER-LINK Thank you friendbear : The_Janitor

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• no... whoever the person trying to sell the toilet paper is is who you need to shit on : KcraCSmoka

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  ... just because some waterlogged strumpet hurled a sword at you... : J4NUS
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    Supreme executive power is derived from a mandate from the masses... Not from some farsical aquatic c : KcraCSmoka
    • Bloody peasant!! : Sampo
    • dammit! you weren't supposed to know the real line. :P such a great movie... Well, sire, if we build... : J4NUS

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• well that was dumb..... : OverBurN
• i prefer asdasdasdasd myself. : xvdl

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• your busy signals suck ass :) IMHO of course : KcraCSmoka

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• what they should do is only enforce patents against other patent holders. This way Amazon can sue BT for... : xvdl

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• Quiet, you tea-drinking Queentalkabouter! : Sampo
• Dont. Fuck. With. The Queen. Didnt they breakup : johnny rotten

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• just don't blame it on me... I'm Blackfoot Indian ;p : KcraCSmoka

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• To those naff British gits I say, "bollocks" : seemlar

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• Spilt coffee that caused 3 degree burns the the gentials. Lets not forget that... : baron calamity

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• Just need to set the resolution to 512x384 and well be there. :) : baron calamity

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• "sue happy" Hahahahaahaaa ROTFLMAO. : TERATOGEN