[thelist] Patenting Hyperlinking

>>>>> "vanderwaal" == Jamie Madden <jamie@bayou.com> writes:

    vanderwaal> This is the most amazing thing I've ever heard.
    vanderwaal> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37095,00.html

    vanderwaal> Can you patent something like that?  Can I patent the bold tag
    vanderwaal> or the table tag?  This is all getting a little ridiculous.
    vanderwaal> I've heard that someone is trying to say now that they
    vanderwaal> patented banner ads.  When will it end?

    vanderwaal> vanderwaal

Probably with us Europeans getting ahead. I'm not kidding, US patent laws will
probably destroy the (US) Internet if nothing is done. Maybe you'all need a
new revolution.