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 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. US District Judge Colleen McMahon awarded Prodigy its...
[August 23, 2002, 10:23]
BT to press ahead on hyperlink case
News BT is suing US Internet Service Provider Prodigy Communications for unspecified damages, on the basis that it was issued with a patent for the hyperlink in 1989. BT first contacted 17 ISPs, including America Online and Prodigy, in June 2000, asking...
[February 7, 2002, 16:50]
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]
