You gotta be kidding me.

[mobrien_12]

URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued

Some people actually had the balls to put a patent application for domain names and email names.

 

quote: United States Patent  6,671,714

1. A method for assigning URL's and e-mail addresses to members of a group comprising the steps of:

assigning each member of said group a URL of the form "name.subdomain.domain"; and

assigning each member of said group an e-mail address of the form "[email protected];"

wherein the "name" portion of said URL and said e-mail address is the same and unique for each particular one of said members such that an only difference between said URL and said e-mail address for said member is that in said URL the "@" symbol of the e-mail address is replaced with a "." and wherein said "subdomain" portion of said URL and said e-mail address is the same for all members of said group.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said members of said group comprise members of a licensed profession.

They applied for this patent in 1999 and the patent office gave it to them.


We seriously need patent reform in this country.

[Kintaro]

WHAT THE FUCK, lets sue the fucking patent office.

[Stilly]

good jesus, someone just patent patents

then all this shit will end

[hm_murdock]

I will patent "corporations", "business", "lawsuits", "lawyers", and "George W. Bush"

[WMD]

The patent office gave out THIS?!?  :mad:

[Pissed_Macman]

[preacher]

That kitty is cute Macman.

[Kintaro]

That kitty looks like it just ate CmdrTacos special Taco.

[Pissed_Macman]

Yes, that's a great picture.