Posted July 24, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23417609
"Eolas was founded by American computer scientist Michael Doyle who claimed to have written the program that pioneered interactive use of the world wide web. A patent for this was granted to Mr Doyle in 1994 and soon after was used to win court cases against tech giants such as Microsoft which were accused of using the technology without permission"
Seriously? I really hope his shady practices backfires, but then again the patent system have always had holes. And I like to think that more and more people today have a better understanding of the internet, then those that initially granted this patent in the first place, back in 94.
But I hope more patents like this get trashed, since Texas has always been seen as a big supporter of software-patents.
"Eolas was founded by American computer scientist Michael Doyle who claimed to have written the program that pioneered interactive use of the world wide web. A patent for this was granted to Mr Doyle in 1994 and soon after was used to win court cases against tech giants such as Microsoft which were accused of using the technology without permission"
Seriously? I really hope his shady practices backfires, but then again the patent system have always had holes. And I like to think that more and more people today have a better understanding of the internet, then those that initially granted this patent in the first place, back in 94.
But I hope more patents like this get trashed, since Texas has always been seen as a big supporter of software-patents.
