U.S. Grants Patent For AJAX

From the "They-Still-Don't-Get-It" dept:
Via aviransplace.com

The patent–issued on Valentine’s Day–covers all rich-media technology implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when the rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet, according to the patent holders.

A patent has been granted to a relatively unknown California Web-design firm for an invention its creator says covers the design and creation of most rich-media applications used over the Internet. The patent holder, Balthaser Online Inc., says it ...

Are you fucking kidding me!?!? I wonder how long this will last. For some reason me thinks it will probably go the way of the ComperServe GIF debacle. They'll try to enforce, the net-munity (is that gay or is it me) will tell Balthaser Online Inc., to fuck off... Just another day...