Comments on: GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/ Domain Name Industry News and Views Sun, 27 May 2012 11:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Domain Industry » Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-1590929 Domain Industry » Patent troll goes after GoDaddy in latest suit Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:25:13 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-1590929 [...] GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent [...]

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]]> By: jorge http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-520232 jorge Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:09:41 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-520232 @maqui: The way the patent system works (in very simple terms) is that the patent office will award a patent if there is no "prior art" for the patent. This means that Godaddy convinced the patent examiner that no one was doing anything like this BEFORE them (the idea wasn't well known or published anywhere). It was a new & unique idea when they thought of it (doesn't seem so new anymore). The patent can later be invalidated if another person/company can show prior art. So it doesn't matter that NAME.COM has this feature now, if they didn't have it first. However, there is a lot more to it. The patent office is only supposed to award patents for non-obvious inventions... The U.S. supreme court is currently reviewing the entire idea of "software patents" -- the original idea of patents only applied to mechanical devices. They should have a judgement in 2009 -- which could be a game changer. @maqui: The way the patent system works (in very simple terms) is that the patent office will award a patent if there is no “prior art” for the patent.

This means that Godaddy convinced the patent examiner that no one was doing anything like this BEFORE them (the idea wasn’t well known or published anywhere). It was a new & unique idea when they thought of it (doesn’t seem so new anymore).

The patent can later be invalidated if another person/company can show prior art.

So it doesn’t matter that NAME.COM has this feature now, if they didn’t have it first.

However, there is a lot more to it. The patent office is only supposed to award patents for non-obvious inventions…

The U.S. supreme court is currently reviewing the entire idea of “software patents” — the original idea of patents only applied to mechanical devices. They should have a judgement in 2009 — which could be a game changer.

]]> By: stewart http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-520177 stewart Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:03:47 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-520177 why does any one want to be so secretive by using this sort of system if they are playing by the rules on the up and up...you can get a patent I suppose, but when in the age of Halvarez? You propose conducting routine business in such a manner as routine? Well lets say that raises an eyebrow here. why does any one want to be so secretive by using this sort of system if they are playing by the rules on the up and up…you can get a patent I suppose, but when in the age of Halvarez?
You propose conducting routine business in such a manner as routine?
Well lets say that raises an eyebrow here.

]]> By: Idiot Domainer http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-520017 Idiot Domainer Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:25:41 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-520017 They should patent the use of boobs to trigger domain registrations. . . . . ;) and when i say boobs I'm not referring to Parsons. They should patent the use of boobs to trigger domain registrations. . . . . ;) and when i say boobs I’m not referring to Parsons.

]]> By: maqui berry http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-519980 maqui berry Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:23:49 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-519980 its a simple forwarding method name.com also uses such system. its a simple forwarding method name.com also uses such system.

]]> By: snicksnack http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-519858 snicksnack Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:21:34 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-519858 The patent is only for the US and I doubt they they would be able to get a patent in Germany for example. The patent is only for the US and I doubt they they would be able to get a patent in Germany for example.

]]> By: Erik J. Heels http://domainnamewire.com/2009/12/01/godaddy-scores-another-whois-privacy-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-529095 Erik J. Heels Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:35:12 +0000 http://domainnamewire.com/?p=9493#comment-529095 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent http://ff.im/-chEQY</span></span>

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