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http://www.bricklin.com/recordsales.htm someone who gets it, and backs it up w/ facts.
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http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,55026,00.html [[It's not easy defending a broad patent. British Telecommunications, now called BT, claimed it owned the patent rights to hyperlink technology, but a federal judge disagreed, tossing the company's claims aside.
But if the right judge comes along, companies can find themselves holding a very powerful patent.
A federal magistrate recently expanded the scope of a patent originally filed to cover the purchase of music and movies over telecommunications networks to also cover Internet credit card purchases. That gives SightSound tremendous leverage in its licensing negotiations, even though the issue is still on appeal in federal court. ]]