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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 17 January 2004, 05:48

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: mobrien_12 on 17 January 2004, 05:48

URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/01/15/2349201.shtml?tid=126&tid=155&tid=95&tid=99)

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

 

quote:

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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.

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


We seriously need patent reform in this country.

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: Kintaro on 17 January 2004, 06:00

WHAT THE FUCK, lets sue the fucking patent office.

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: Stilly on 17 January 2004, 08:34

good jesus, someone just patent patents

then all this shit will end

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: hm_murdock on 17 January 2004, 13:20

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

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: WMD on 17 January 2004, 23:28

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

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 18 January 2004, 05:31

(http://members.lycos.co.uk/catberg/Forumpix/scaredcat.jpg)

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: preacher on 18 January 2004, 18:53

That kitty is cute Macman.

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: Kintaro on 22 January 2004, 06:01

That kitty looks like it just ate CmdrTacos special Taco.

Title: You gotta be kidding me.
Post by: Pissed_Macman on 22 January 2004, 06:16

Yes, that's a great picture.