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SBC Communications Patents Web Links (#911)
Posted: 1/20/2003; 1:48 PM by Terry Frazier
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Dying telco resorts to extortion as survival tactic -- sues small company for using links in frames. Honestly, someone should <strike>kill the f***ing lawyers that come up with this crap</strike> conscientiously object to such legalistic acrobatics.

US company claims millions over site-nav patent.
ZDNet Jan 20 2003 11:47AM ET
Every Web site that uses a common form of site navigation could be hit for thousands or millions of dollars in licence fees, claims a US company holding a patent on the idea. SBC Communications, a major American telco and ISP, says that it owns the right to links that stay visible on the page during navigation -- and wants up to 5 percent of company revenue annually as a licence fee. [...] [Moreover - IP and patents news]

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