BT loses hyperlink patent case
News BT had contacted Prodigy and 16 other ISPs, including America Online, in June 2000, asking them to buy a hyperlink licence -- and when they refused, the telco pursued Prodigy as a test case. The hyperlink patent -- properly known as the Sargent...
[August 23, 2002, 10:23]
BT to press ahead on hyperlink case
News BT has insisted that it will not be put off by the bad publicity surrounding its attempts to claim that it owns the patent for the hyperlink. BT is suing US Internet Service Provider Prodigy Communications for unspecified damages, on the basis that...
[February 7, 2002, 16:50]
Early ruling close in BT hyperlink case
News This court case will determine whether BT's patent actually does grant it ownership of the Web hyperlink. BT's contentious claim that it owns the rights to the hyperlink is nearing a crucial stage in its journey through the US legal process.
[March 11, 2002, 14:10]
Date set for BT hyperlink patent case
News BT's court case against ISP Prodigy Communications over the hyperlink patent will begin on 11 February 2002 in New York. BT contacted Prodigy and 16 other ISPs, including America Online, in June 2000 asking them to buy a hyperlink licence.
[November 23, 2001, 13:55]
BT suffers blow in hyperlink patent case
News Before the case went to court, BT had contacted Prodigy and 16 other ISPs, including America Online, in June 2000 asking them to buy a hyperlink licence. BT suffered a blow in its bid to charge royalties for hyperlinks on Wednesday when the New...
[March 14, 2002, 16:57]
News Schmooze: Gizmos galore at CeBIT
News BT saw its first setback in its hyperlink case against Prodigy, after a judge ruled that many of the claims in its test case against Prodigy were spurious. BT suffers blow in hyperlink patent case In this case it was just a few hours.
[March 15, 2002, 16:41]
Thursday
Blog In a lawsuit destined to be of no importance whatsoever to lawyers, BT's claim to have invented the hyperlink has been thrown out of court with some gusto. But the court case has ramifications outside intellectual property law and the huge bill...
[August 23, 2002, 15:58]
BT on hyperlinks: Show me the money
News A day after it was announced that British Telecommunications (BT) would pursue its claim of ownership over the Internet's hyperlink technology, ZDNet has been inundated with mail questioning the telco's motives.
[June 21, 2000, 11:09]
Goodwins' Hot Dates: The Diary top ten for 2002
News It announced that it was taking US ISP Prodigy to court a while back: BT said that a patent it holds that covers sending routing information along with text, thus hyperlinks, and that it was looking for licensing payments from everyone who served...
[December 25, 2002, 6:24]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It announced that it was taking US ISP Prodigy to court a while back: BT said that a patent it holds that covers sending routing information along with text, thus hyperlinks, and that it was looking for licensing payments from everyone who served...
[February 18, 2002, 9:25]
