In the first week of February, Tim Berners-Lee testified in U.S. federal courtroom. Lecturer at the prestigious institute of technology, MIT, was flying from Boston to the federal court in Texas to speak in front of the jury about the early days of the birth of the Web.
In the first week of February, Tim Berners-Lee testified in U.S. federal courtroom. Lecturer at the prestigious institute of technology, MIT, was flying from Boston to the federal court in Texas to speak in front of the jury about the early days of the birth of the Web.
His job serious and heavy. He had to cancel a series of patents claimed by the two institutions, the company named Eolas and the University of California. Eolas founder Michael Doyle, a biologist from Chicago along with two other names claimed to have found an interactive website in 1993 when he was joined by University of California. When he routinely patented technology.
Just so you know, the defendant in the suit was not the institution granted Eolas. Some names are Yahoo!, Google and Amazon. They hope the testimony of Berners-Lee could convince the jury that the findings and the Eolas patent and its founder, Michael Doyle does not mean
There is a big gamble. If Berners-Lee failed, almost every person who operates the site with images that continue to rotate, as the majority view headline news portal, or video streaming sites have had to pay tribute to the two institutions on an item just before use.
How important Berners Lee, testified that he had to be brought in? 56 year old man was the inventor of the technology world wide web (www) was first. However, he did not patent the www when he found a method to tie the data together from different locations on the internet.
“I am here because I want to help mejernihkan issues that used to be very clear and how the emotional scope of computing time (early 1990’s)” he said in the courtroom. Web, is a top layer of the most basic internet connections that appear when accessed at home, your office or mobile phone.
When asked why he did not patent the idea, Barners-Lee replied, “The Internet has spread and is all around us. At that time I was working on hypertext (now known as a blue link in a site). And it has long been available, as well as ideas been a long time coming “
The idea of hypertext to incorporate a separate page coined by Ted Nelson in the 1960s. Lee added Barners kesaksiaannya said, “All I did was to put together something that had long been circulating for years, and then combine according to my needs.”
Still in session, the next question arises that is very interesting. “Who owns the Web?” Responding to this Barners-Lee, said, “We are having”. That means all the people, and none of them.
He then called on the existence of a web browser named Violla in 1991, which incorporates the idea of interactivity, exactly the same as the idea that is claimed to found Eolas and the University of California in 1993.
Berners-Lee’s testimony that proves the existing ideas or findings that often precedes the so-called prior art, ultimately helped win the case. Patent claims and adjudged invalid Eolas filed. Decisions made in cash relief Google, Amazon and Yahooo, the technology giant that apparently approached by Eolas for questioning payments. They reject it by law.
Although the case of Eolas patent lawsuit is one of the potentially broad impact ever made against the web, but it is not the only one. Yahoo was the victim tried to fight back. But he also has the same behavior as Eolas ..
One of the recent patent dispute that many people reap blasphemy, Yahoo sued Facebook in breach of 10 patent numbers. In one claim filed by Yahoo!, which is number 7,668,861, the technology giant is concerned about ‘the system and method of determining the validity of the interactions in the network. “
It has an advanced phrase mean how an advertisement on a web can be measured based on the validity of cookie, aka the number of visitors who click on those ads. Yahoo! sued Facebook for social jerjaring giant alleges it violates a patent application through Facebook Ad.
It would be absurd and the absurd. The reason, not just Facebook, nearly all news sites in Indonesia, including the Republika Online also uses the technology with the patent number. It could be that Yahoo is sued because of Republika Online (ROL) is not as rich as Facebook. When the ROL as rich as Mark Zuckerberg’s company, maybe a different story.
Ironically, that is not mentioned here, the search engine giant that would not exist without the www technology invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 ago. Indeed, Berners-Lee as detailed previously, choosing not to patent. “What if Tim Berners-Lee patented the www?” Sneered the technology news site, techdirt.com. Of course, Yahoo, Google et al can not be born. If anything, it’s hard to imagine they are going to be a great player.
Patents are considered to be a commercial threat, especially for small beginners to big names in cyberspace. The threat was also influenced the development of the application as a method of connecting people with information they want.
Reputation of the patent system in the United States deteriorated because of its treatment of software. Though the patent first appeared as a protective device inventor of the big companies that might want to steal their ideas without the award.
Tue, Jun 19, 2012, by e2ramadhan
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