Rupert Murdoch claims to own the "Sky" in "Skype"

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Submitted by Crudely_Indecent on Thursday August 12, 2010 @01:22PM

Crudely_Indecent writes "Not content to own just the news stories, Rupert Murdoch is now going after individual words!

Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB is fighting a legal battle with the internet telecommunications pioneer Skype, claiming that it owns the “Sky” in “Skype”.

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Uncle Rupert thinks he can own a dictionary word? (Score:1)

by cfreukes (1421611) writes:

it's like a real-life version of the old Onion 'Microsoft Patents Ones and Zeros" article

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Uncle Rupert thinks he can own a dictionary word? (Score:1)