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Domain registrars sued over URL patent
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:38:30 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:55:42 +0000 From: Goncalo <goncalo () mail eunet pt> Subject: Domain registrars sued over URL patent To: dave () farber net Hello. Patent insanity, for IP, if you like. Regards Goncalo ---------------------------- http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5141810.html Two Internet entrepreneurs are suing Network Solutions and Register.com for allegedly infringing on their e-mail and domain naming patent. Troy K. Javaher and Frank M. Weyer, operating under the newly formed company Nizza Group, on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California against the two domain registrars. The suit accuses Network Solutions and Register.com of selling rights to Web URLs and e-mail addresses that infringe on a patent that was granted to Javaher and Weyer on Dec. 30, 2003. The patent covers the method of assigning URLs and e-mail addresses of members of a group such that the "@" sign is the dot in the URL. For example, if a group used a so-called third-level URL, www.john.smith.com, the e-mail address would be john () smith com. ... On Wednesday, GNR began offering second-level domain names or domain names that only use one dot, for example, johnsmith.name. New e-mails and Web addresses using these new domains will not infringe on the patent, Javaher said. ...----------------------------
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