A company in Singapore – VueStar -Â has been printing its own money in the guise of invoices sent to other companies claiming patent infringement. The patent in question relates to a “Method of locating web-pages by utilising visual images”. Basically its hyperlinking from pictures on websites. The priority date for the patent is 2000, which mean that prior art for the patent is massive. Seeing the search performed by the EPO reveals an xp document rendering the application almost worthless.
There are some media coverage in this as this is an example of how the system can be exploited by trolls and sharks. But in fact its only guys like me who has reason to serious concern because companies like this give the system a bad name