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Vuestar Technologies
Vuestar Technologies Pte Ltd is a Singapore-incorporated subsidiary owned by Australian parent Goldspirit Investments Pty Ltd. The owner of both companies, Ronald Neville Langford,〔(TelecomTV - TelecomTV One - News )〕 applied for a number of patents around the world relating to search techniques using hyperlinked images to other websites or web pages.〔(All your Interwibble is belong to us ), Silvie Barak, The Inquirer, 28 May 2008〕
In May 2008, Vuestar sent invoices to owners of several Singaporean websites demanding licensing fees if the websites wished to continue using "visual images" to link to other web pages.〔(Singapore Firm Claims Patent Breach By Virtually All Websites ), Slashdot, 27 May 2008〕〔(S'pore firm claims patent to image search ), Eileen Yu, ZDNet Asia, 27 May 2008〕〔(VueStar.biz ) Frequently Asked Questions: Why do I need a User Licence?〕 A Singapore law firm advised people to carefully analyse the wide claims being made by Vuestar as to the intellectual property covered by their patent.〔〔(Keystone Law Alert ), Visual Images Search Patent〕
==Company claims==
Vuestar's website states that it has obtained granted patents for "a method of locating web-sites using visual images" in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. It says that website owners who "use visual images which hyperlink to other web-pages or web-sites in accordance with the patent ... whether on the first page or subsequent pages of a web-site" require a license from them to continue doing so legally. User licenses are issued for one year and restricted to Singapore. Annual licensing fees depend on web traffic as well as the extent of image hyperlinking〔 and range from nothing for governments, charities and non commercial enterprises to "millions".
In May 2008, in a move which has sparked criticism among online communities, Vuestar sent invoices to owners of several Singaporean websites demanding licensing fees if the websites wished to continue using visual images to link to other web pages.〔〔 Vuestar has stated that it also intends to enforce its rights in Australia and the United States.〔〔
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