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Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy

Posted by timothy on from the march-fools dept.

Colonel Angus writes "Web Hosting Industry is carrying a story about a company called Ideaflood that has been sending out letters to web hosting firms claiming that they own a patent on subdomains and are claiming a license needs to be purchased to continue to use them. This is reminding me of the hyperlink patent from a couple years back." Maybe Frank Weyer will ask them to wrestle.

6 of 356 comments (clear)

  1. Isn't that how DNS WORKS? by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What am I missing here? Isn't DNS by definition hierarchical? What does their patent claim?

  2. I would try to get a job with the USPTO... by oldosadmin · · Score: -1, Redundant

    but I'm too smart.

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  3. Re:Burn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I just filed a patent on sucking dick.

    JustinXB now owes me $69 for each of the 42 dicks he sucked in the past week.

  4. No recent mention of SCO and by estate · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ideaflood just isn't in their league

  5. I'm going to patent a patent on patenting a patent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    When is this going to be the norm? I mean GD man, this patent shit is getting out of hand. How long until we just stop recognizing a patent? Isn't this gettin to the point of crying wolf yet?

  6. Re:look at their patent applications by AndroidCat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, I'm looking. I think there's prior art for that too.

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