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Re:Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration o... by eru on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:35AM (#4580356)
Almost everything is patentable. The real test is holding the patent up in court.
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Re:Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration o... by slowpoke on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:50AM (#4580394)
>The real test is holding the patent up in court.

Or threatening enough people to sue them for umpteen fantastillion dollars unless they pay you ransom money^W^W licensing fees.

Remind me why we still have this fucked up system?

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Re:Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration o... by gauravsc on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:49AM (#4580391)
I guess going by the apple-samsung lawsuit, getting your patent validated in court seems to depend a lot on random chance as well.
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Re:Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration o... by TazeTSchnitzel on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:49AM (#4580390)
A test I expect this will fail. Fairly sure there's some prior art for this.
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Re:Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration o... by OhArgh on Thursday September 27, 2012 @08:51AM (#4580403)
I assume this will only apply to companies in the US. Unless your name is Kim dotcom
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