New image hyperlinking patent comes under fire in online forums

Damian Koh | May 27, 2008

If Vuestar Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore-incorporated company, has its way, the World Wide Web could be facing its biggest hurdle to date.

According to an alert from Singapore technology law firm Keystone Law Corporation, Vuestar has been granted a patent that requires Web sites to have a license when they use images to link to another site or Web page.

This patent, which apparently extends beyond the shores of Singapore to include Australia, New Zealand and the US, has caused an uproar in online forums. One member of HardwareZone has even posted images of the invoice which was sent out by the company asking the site affected to pay up the licensing fees.

Vuestar's patent publication number is 95940. For more details, click here for the full report on ZDNet Asia.

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