EpicRealm Uses Vague Patents to Sue Web Sites

    Don’t think you need a broad intellectual property indemnification provision when you license software or online services? Well, if you haven’t been following all of the "patent troll" stories these days, Slashdot has an article for you.  A company apparently has patent filings with claims covering "dynamically generating a web page in response to the request."  That basically describes the entire Web these days.  Anyone know if this is for real?

    Link: Slashdot | Epicrealm Uses Vague Patents to sue Web Sites.

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