Thursday, January 15, 2004

URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued

URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued
Patents
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The Internet
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Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 15, @07:40PM
from the getting-worse-before-getting-better dept.
theodp writes "A newly formed company is suing Network Solutions and Register.com for infringing on its e-mail and domain naming patent, which covers assigning each member of a group a URL of the form 'name.subdomain.domain' and an e-mail address of the form 'name@subdomain.domain.'"

[Slashdot]


10:34:05 PM    

Eolas Discussing Browser Patent With Linux Community. Eolas' founder on Wednesday said he is talking with open-source players to resolve issues with its Web browser patent that—the basis of the company's case against Microsoft. [eWEEK Technology News]

 


8:45:16 AM    

Yahoo, Google primed for search war. Yahoo says it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
8:33:55 AM