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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.'"

2 of 650 comments (clear)

  1. What next? by bryhhh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A Hyperlink patent?

    D'oh!

  2. Who really needs to be sued... by rdean400 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is the U.S. Government. Broad patents don't help innovation and stifle the progress of the arts and sciences.