AJAX patent threat to giants under the
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| In supporting documentation it is claimed that pretty much the whole of the
| web uses this method to operate AJAX-based applications. Google, Yahoo,
| Microsoft, Apple and eBay are identified as among those whose
| products "potentially" infringe on the patent.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/03/25/ajax_patent_auction/
What is U.S. Patent No. 5,205,473?
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| Under the law, the public is deemed to have constructive notice that
| something is patented if that something has a patent number on it. The idea
| behind the law apparently is that if one sees a patent number, one has the
| ability to look that patent up, read it, and maybe even understand what it
| says. For the corrugated sleeve, it was simple enough for me--albeit a little
| geeky--to take a look at the '473 patent and understand how the sleeve works
| to make the heat from my latte more bearable.
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| But many times, the patents behind products marked with patent numbers are
| not as easily understandable. For example, the notice on Adobe Reader v.
| 8.1.2 lists over 60 different patents. I'm pretty sure that most of those
| patents are far more complex than the '473 patent. But, assuming the numbers
| are properly listed, the law says that I and the rest of the public are on
| notice of whatever it is those patents cover.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9901715-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Amazon Patents Including a String at End of a URL
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| On Tuesday, Amazon search subsidiary A9.com was awarded U.S. patent no.
| 7,287,042 for 'including a search string at the end of a URL without any
| special formatting.' In the Summary of the Invention, it's explained that 'a
| user wishing to search for 'San Francisco Hotels' may do by simply accessing
| the URL www.domain_name/San Francisco Hotels, where domain_name is a domain
| name associated with the web site system.' Here's the flowchart that helped
| cinch the deal.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/23/1250255&from=rss
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