[IP] Domain registrars sued over URL patent
Delivered-To: dfarber+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:55:42 +0000
From: Goncalo <goncalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Domain registrars sued over URL patent
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Hello.
Patent insanity, for IP, if you like.
Regards
Goncalo
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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@xxxxxxxxxx
...
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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