[Gllug] re: software dowloads patent

Andrew Halliwell ah at gnd.com
Wed Jun 16 11:14:51 UTC 2004


And verily, didst Ian Norton announce to the hordes:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 12:01:59PM +0100, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> > And verily, didst Ian Norton announce to the hordes:
> > > Go use fax your MP, please!
> > 
> > What could an MP do? Isn't it a US patent?
> > Posting the story to /. is prolly the best thing I could've done, assuming
> > it's accepted.
> > :)
> 
> It is a british company though, which clearly means they have intentions closer
> to home,

BT claimed a patent for hyperlinks, but they didn't try to enforce it here.

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