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EFF Busts Illegitimate Subdomain Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the method-and-device-for-breathing-in-then-breathing-out dept.

eldavojohn writes "Unlike a lot of community support protection programs, the EFF's Patent Busting Project is starting to bear real fruit instead of just leveling the finger at offenders. The USPTO is revoking an illegitimate patent granted in 2004 that sounds like automatically assigning subdomains. Sites like Wordpress, LiveJournal, or basically anyone with generated subdomains have been doing this for quite some time. If you have some extra cash, now's the time to pony up a few bucks so the EFF can carry on as one of the few organizations genuinely protecting your interests."

2 of 96 comments (clear)

  1. The obvious question. by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just one clarification is needed.

    Will donation money be used to send ninjas to the offending party?

  2. The list of the shameless "inventors" is by slashdotmsiriv · · Score: 5, Informative

    Brian Shuster, Johnson Leong, Matthew Price, Brian Lam, Desmond Ford Johnson.

    So that their names show up in this /. post every time somebody googles them ...