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Wednesday, 22 January 2003

Got a nav bar? Then PAY UP BITCHES! [brit]

Oh here we go again; another fucked up mindless patent case in the States.

This time round, it's navigation bars.

Yes thats right, supposedly if you use a navigation bar on your website, or ANY persistent navigational control (like we have here) we are in breach of the patent and hence, due to pay royalties to the patent owner [a crowd called SBC Communications].

FUCK RIGHT OFF YOU LAMERS.

What next eh? some dumb fuck going to patent eating? or drinking? or using the loo?

The American patent system (a WHOLE separate topic) is *SO* fucked up its beyond funny. If the company who own this patent were to suddenly find themselves accidentally nuked by Pappa Bush, I for one would grin like a Cheshire cat.

Lame ass fucks.

So they've gone after a site called Museumtour.com (note they haven't entered into the same discussion with Microsoft or AOL) - a diddy site that they feel they want to test the water with.

Lame ass fucks.

Jesus.

Click here to see just how thick SBC Communications are

3 comments:

  1. Doubtless this will be as successful as BT's 'discovery' that they had patented the hyperlink.

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  2. And the Americans wonder why there is a tech recession? I feel a major factor is that people with brains are fscking off elswhere to industries that aren't such a legal minefield, leaving only dumbasses to sweat it out for a few years with a product before having to fork over profits + damages to some guy in Palo Alto who thought of something completely different (yet strikingly obvious) and worded it vaguely in his patent application.

    Seriously, this shit has been going on for years and *must* be discouraging many entrepreneurs from starting small businesses with innovative ideas.Having said that, this appears to refer to sites which use FRAMES - so maybe something good would come of it after all ;)

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  3. Well Afty, all high-tech industries are an IP minefield really. It doesn't really discourage entreprenaurs from starting businesses because they will rarely be pounced on for IP violations.

    You see, a holder of good IP wants businesses to start up and success in exploiting that IP. Then they come knocking and demand a big fat backdated license fee.

    Not saying I necessarily agree with this. I think a system which had the right idea in mind (awarding legal protection to intellectual property) was a good thing but it's all gone a bit mad. Most of it because patent offices are useless.

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