July 16, 2004
Advocacy Group Challenges Patents on Internet Technology
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit consumer group, is planning to challenge 10 companies' patents on Internet technologies, including two patents that claim ownership of methods widely used by colleges.
The foundation believes that the patents are too broad, essentially giving each company ownership of a common-sense idea. In particular, Acacia Research Group, which holds patents that cover the concept of streaming videos online, and Test.com, which holds a patent on
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