[WEB4LIB] Preliminary hearing in British Telecom hyperlinks patent case

[Dawna Turcotte]

FYI: it is US patent #4,873,662  
 October 10, 1989  

Dawna Turcotte, Librarian
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Alberta Research Council
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[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Sloan, Bernie
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Preliminary hearing in British Telecom hyperlinks
patent case



FYI....

"A British company claimed in federal court Monday that it owns the patent
on hyperlinks..."

Full article at:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/02/11/hyperlink.claim.ap/index.html

Bernie Sloan
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