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Saul Hansell in NYT: Surging Number of Patents Engulfs Internet Commerce


http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/12/biztech/articles/11web.html
December 11, 1999


        Surging Number of Patents Engulfs
        Internet Commerce

        By SAUL HANSELL

     ll over the Internet, from the most popular search
   engines to personal home pages, are buttons that offer
to send users to an online store where they can buy books or
music or other merchandise. Hundreds of thousands of
sites have added these links because they earn commissions
if any of their users click on them and then buy something. 

-- 
James Love / Director, Consumer Project on Technology
http://www.cptech.org / love@cptech.org
P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
voice 202.387.8030 / fax 202.234.5176