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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.

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  1. Re:Expertise of examiners by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 0, Troll

    Given that rather basic misunderstanding, isn't it possible that the guy who examines patents all day is right, and the slashdot crowd is wrong?

    Unlikely! I mean, those idiots at the USPTO probably don't even run Linux!