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Posted February 26 in Technology.

I read on Zeldman.com that an obscure web shop got a patent from the U.S. government on AJAX.

Uh-oh.

This really doesn’t look good. The shop is Balthaser, and as you can tell by this article written by the president of the company, they really don’t get the web. Apparently this patent gives them very loose and wide rights over a lot of rich media applications, including AJAX and Flash. I really have no idea why the government grants patents like these, but this could really cause a lot of trouble across the web, especially considering the fact that the company is looking to sell the patent to a big player… Adobe, Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo being some options.

I repeat: Uh-oh.

I don’t have time to write more but this is really something to watch closely. I don’t like it at all.

Read more in this great article from InformationWeek.com.

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  1. Jem February 27, 2006

    Uh-oh indeed.

  2. Phil Renaud February 27, 2006

    ughhh
    reading the president’s message renders me very, very unhappy :(

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