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Patents: SBC stakes claim on Web frames patent
PHP-NukeBy Lisa M. Bowman
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
January 21, 2003, 12:32 PM PT

SBC Communications is claiming a wide-ranging patent on Web frames that could affect hundreds of sites that use the technology. In a letter sent to at least one company that uses frames on its Web site, SBC said it is entitled to as much as $50 million in licensing fees, although actual figures would depend upon a company's revenue.

Museum Tour, a Milwaukie, Ore.-based seller of educational products, received a letter from SBC last week accusing it of infringing two of its patents.

In the letter sent to Museum Tour President Marilynne Eichinger, SBC's Harlie Frost, president of intellectual property, pointed out that the Museumtour.com Web site contains tabs pointing to different Web pages within the site, and those tabs are in a frame that does not disappear as a person navigates the site. SBC said those "features (as well as other valuable features) appear to infringe several issued claims" related to certain patents. The company urges Museum Tour to sign up for its licensing program.

Eichinger said she was surprised to get the letter because frames are such a common Web formatting tool. "It just seems very strange to me in that lots of companies have had this type of thing," said Eichinger, who doesn't plan to take any action until she's heard back from her attorney.

SBC did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

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Re: SBC stakes claim on Web frames patent (Score: 1)
by ArtificialIntel on Wednesday, January 22 @ 17:34:16 CET
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whole load of rubbish if u ask me. SBC Communications didn't invent frames. I can't remember the name of the guy who did off hand, but it wasn't them.

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