Oh Boy !! Acacia All Over Again - GoFuckYourself.com

3xTom · 10-16-2010, 06:51 AM

Interesting

Looks like yet another company is falling in the footsteps of Acacia

" Go ahead and rollover the image you see here. If a certain company gets its way, we?ll have to pay them some $80,000 for violating one of their patents. Clearly humanity has lost its way.

The deal is that a company by the name of Webvention Company claims ownership of patent no. 5,251,294. You can read the jargon of the patent filing if you want, but then again you could smash your foot with a cartoonishly large hammer. Either way.

The Webvention Company claims that the patent gives it exclusive rights to the technique of the image rollover with embedded hyperlinking. You know, when you hover your mouse over an image and that little bit of text appears.

Yeah, Webvention claims it owns that. Hmm.

It has targeted a Web site owned by Novartis, the big pharmaceutical company.

As the world turns, right? I think I?m going to patent the idea of writing boring posts all day. I?ll be a chamillionaire in no time at all. "

And from this site

"Dear website owner, congratulations on your excellent site, which includes features covered by our registered patent, #5,251,294. As the description indicates, many of the components on your pages, particularly your menus, rollover images, and shortcuts, are detailed in our claim. We would be delighted to lease these to you at a reasonable royalty rate of $80,000. Please call our offices at your convenience to arrange a payment schedule."

The demand letter suggests that thinkwhatspossible's opening splash of face portraits is covered by "Claim 28" of Webvention's patent property.

28. A computer-based method for aiding a user in accessing a body of stored information which includes segments of related information, the method comprising displaying a set of labels, each label providing an abbreviated indication of information content of a corresponding one of said segments, said labels being displayed in an organized model reflecting relationships among information contents of said corresponding segments . . .

Hello? Pardon our dropping jaws, but is Webvention suggesting that it owns rollover online pictures with embedded hyperlinks?

DVTimes · 10-16-2010, 06:52 AM

bump..................

munki · 10-16-2010, 07:17 AM

+1 reason for a moratorium on law degrees...

10-16-2010, 06:51 AM	#1
3xTom Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,610	Oh Boy !! Acacia All Over Again Interesting Looks like yet another company is falling in the footsteps of Acacia " Go ahead and rollover the image you see here. If a certain company gets its way, we?ll have to pay them some $80,000 for violating one of their patents. Clearly humanity has lost its way. The deal is that a company by the name of Webvention Company claims ownership of patent no. 5,251,294. You can read the jargon of the patent filing if you want, but then again you could smash your foot with a cartoonishly large hammer. Either way. The Webvention Company claims that the patent gives it exclusive rights to the technique of the image rollover with embedded hyperlinking. You know, when you hover your mouse over an image and that little bit of text appears. Yeah, Webvention claims it owns that. Hmm. It has targeted a Web site owned by Novartis, the big pharmaceutical company. As the world turns, right? I think I?m going to patent the idea of writing boring posts all day. I?ll be a chamillionaire in no time at all. " And from this site "Dear website owner, congratulations on your excellent site, which includes features covered by our registered patent, #5,251,294. As the description indicates, many of the components on your pages, particularly your menus, rollover images, and shortcuts, are detailed in our claim. We would be delighted to lease these to you at a reasonable royalty rate of $80,000. Please call our offices at your convenience to arrange a payment schedule." The demand letter suggests that thinkwhatspossible's opening splash of face portraits is covered by "Claim 28" of Webvention's patent property. 28. A computer-based method for aiding a user in accessing a body of stored information which includes segments of related information, the method comprising displaying a set of labels, each label providing an abbreviated indication of information content of a corresponding one of said segments, said labels being displayed in an organized model reflecting relationships among information contents of said corresponding segments . . . Hello? Pardon our dropping jaws, but is Webvention suggesting that it owns rollover online pictures with embedded hyperlinks? Last edited by 3xTom; 10-16-2010 at 06:53 AM..

10-16-2010, 06:52 AM	#2
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10-16-2010, 07:17 AM	#3
munki Do Fun Shit. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OC Posts: 13,393	+1 reason for a moratorium on law degrees... __________________ “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde