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AOL Patents Instant Messaging.

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Rainer511

Discussion Starter · Jan 4, 2003

Eh, take a look at this, It seems AOL has patented instant messaging.

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-978234.html?tag=techdirt

The main thing I find disturbing is this paragraph.

"The claim is it's a system where you have a network; you have a way to monitor who's on the network; and if you want to talk to them you hook them up," said Gregory Aharonian, publisher of Internet Patent News Service, a newsletter that's critical of technology patents. "If you're doing something like that, you're potentially infringing."

wouldn't that mean that pretty much any form of Internet Communication is potentially infringing?

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