Eff and PubPat Seek Patent Sanity
(As written about here before) Wired is reporting that the EFF will request that 10 patents be reexamined.
- One-click online shopping (U.S. Patent No. 5,960,411.)
- Online shopping carts (U.S. Patent No. 5,715,314.)
- The hyperlink (U.S. Patent No. 4,873,662.)
- Video streaming (U.S. Patent No. 5,132,992.)
- Internationalizing domain names (U.S. Patent No. 6,182,148.)
- Pop-up windows (U.S. Patent No. 6,389,458.)
- Targeted banner ads (U.S. Patent No. 6,026,368.)
- Paying with a credit card online (U.S. Patent No. 6,289,319.)
- Framed browsing; (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,933,841 & 6,442,574.)
- Affiliate linking (U.S. Patent No. 6,029,141.)
Yay for the EFF!
The Public Patent Foundation is looking for geeks to help them do some patent busting work. PubPat recently challenged the Microsoft FAT patent by filing a formal complaint to the USPTO.
Let’s see what happens :).