04.21.03

Who invented the Web? Why Charlie of course.

Posted in Geekdom at 4:23 pm by Leopoldo

An interesting little article about a fellow (Charlie) who has patented web services. Follow the link for the rest of the article.

Linux Business & Technology - Uh-Oh. Hold on to Your Wallet. Charlie’s Back with More Proof that He Owns the Patent on Web Services

Charlie Northrup, the guy in New Jersey whose prior art on what looks to be Web services dates back to 1994 and appears to trump anybody else’s IP, has gotten another patent.
God knows it wasn’t easy. The US Office of Patents and Trademarks pored over his application simply forever, comparing it to other like-minded patents. It found nothing that would disallow it, certainly nothing held by any member of W3C, and just granted the patent the other day.

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