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URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-worse-before-getting-better dept.

theodp writes "A newly formed company is suing Network Solutions and Register.com for infringing on its e-mail and domain naming patent, which covers assigning each member of a group a URL of the form 'name.subdomain.domain' and an e-mail address of the form 'name@subdomain.domain.'"

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  1. America Declares War On Self Regarding WMDs by Random+Guru+42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not only are they fighting themselves to rid themselves of traditional weapons of mass destruction, they are also working towards eliminating IP weapons of mass destruction.

    *sigh* If only it were true... Save me a lot of time and trouble.

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    Christopher S. 'coldacid' Charabaruk -- coldacid.net
  2. Goat go bye bye? by bluewee · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Whoa whoa whoa

    Anyone know why Goatse.cx went down? Does someone have a patent on enlargened anuses?

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