BT Group, the former telecommunications monopoly known as British Telecom, had sued Prodigy Communications, a pioneering U.S. Internet service provider, demanding that Prodigy pay BT royalties for using hyperlink technology.
In a decision issued late on Thursday, Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied BT Group's claim that Prodigy's use of hyperlinks infringed on technology developed some 25 years ago.
Source: Reuters