Imagine if one company held the right to collect a fee each time an Internet user clicked on a website link and jumped to another Web page. It may sound far-fetched, but a U.S. federal court will hear preliminary arguments next week to determine if this most elemental of Internet activities is the business property of a lone company, protected in the form of a patent. BT Group Plc believes it holds such a patent covering hypertext links and on Monday, BT will go to court to try to cash in on it.
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