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19 June 2000
QED appointed to license an Internet patent in the USA
Scipher plc, the technology development and licensing company, announces that
its Intellectual Property licensing business, QED, has been appointed by British
Telecommunications plc to license a patent in the USA which covers hyperlinks
on the World Wide Web.
- The patent, in force until October 2006, covers hyperlinks.
- QED - on behalf of BT - has invited Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operating
within the USA to enter into licensing agreements.
Dr Kenneth Gray, Chairman of Scipher, comments "BT invented a system which
is now used for navigating the World Wide Web. We are delighted that BT has selected
us to license this patent in the USA."
QED has an established relationship with BT and is exclusively responsible
for the worldwide licensing of its optical fibre amplifier patents.
Background information
The Patent - 4873662
In the 1970's BT was a pioneer in the development of viewdata systems.
Viewdata systems, such as Prestel (UK) and Minitel (France) were interactive
information retrieval systems that offered consumers many of the services found
on the World Wide Web today.
This pioneering development work on the convergence of telecommunications and
computing led to patented inventions now used in hyperlinks on the World Wide
Web.
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