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VeriSign Granted a Patent Covering SiteFinder

Posted by kdawson on from the submarine-acquisition dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember VeriSign's SiteFinder? Turns out that a couple of months back VeriSign was granted a patent on resolving unregistered domains. This came about thanks to its acquisition of eNic, operator of the .CC Domain. How long before Verizon, Earthlink, and OpenDNS are hit up for licensing fees?"

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  1. Server by benthurston27 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm guessing combine this with apache and they'll catalog your web site without you having to pay for a registered domain.

  2. But prior art... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Didn't the patent on being an asshole expire a long time ago?

  3. Re:This is a useful patent for a change. by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or just make them pay VeriSign. Say... what's VeriSign doing to make money now-a-days anyway? Nothing? Hmm... whatcouldpossiblygowrong?

  4. Re:Oh the Humanity by Tuoqui · · Score: 2, Funny

    Unfortunately the patents become public domain after 20 years.

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  5. Re:It did... by hardburn · · Score: 2, Funny

    This may be the only Slashdot thread ever that where a goatse link becomes on-topic.

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