well ... in the FWIW cat:
"on" the hyperlink:
British Telecom "owns" hyperlinks - NOT and
NOT.
as for "encouraging infringement": it at least doesn't work in copyrighted material matters ( i think this one has been posted already, but what the hell ) --
Scientologists lose hyperlink case.
now on the "interesting" side of things ... why is it if i go to this page on acacia's web site and open the
Hustler Signs PDF file it opens in adobe acrobat in a browser window ? which seems to be "encouraging infringement" of
this patent held by Eolas technology. specifically:
... disable the plug-in architecture that so many Web users depend on for experiencing dynamically driven content via technologies like Adobe's Acrobat (for PDF files), Apple's QuickTime, Macromedia's Flash, RealNetworks' Real Player, and Sun's Java Virtual Machine.
appears acacia isn't that concerned with "encouraging infringment" on the patents of others. just their own ...