A new patent for rich online media?
A questionable patent has been granted to design company Balthaser covering design and creation of rich-media services.
“The present invention relates to the method of providing users with the ability to create rich-media applications via the Internet.”
This patent is giving Microsoft, Adobe, Google, Yahoo and countless others a lot of opportunity to fight for their rights, or should I say, it demands some serious responses and challenges.
Let’s also remember that the patent has been filed on Feb. 9, 2001.
Could it be that the process of patenting web based applications has simply become too slow for our day and age?
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