Paul Nicks' inventions related to name spinning and appraisals get patent protection. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today issued two patents to GoDaddy related to name spinning and appraisal. U.S. Patent number 8,447,701 is titled ... Continue Reading21 Comments
Verisign gets patent for triggering web crawling based on registry data
· Services.Com registry awarded patent for using registry data to trigger web crawling. With Verisign analyzing how to profit from its patent portfolio, competitors should pay close attention to the company's new patents. Today Verisign was awarded U.S. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Network Solutions files domain privacy patent application
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar Network Solutions wants to patent various aspects of a domain privacy service, and has filed a patent application for "Private Domain Name Registration" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application is technically a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
eBay patents the exit pop up window
· Policy & LawCompany gets patent for way to deliver a pop up window when you leave a web site. It was once a favorite advertising tool and then a popular last-ditch effort from internet marketers. Yes, I'm talking about the exit pop up. When you leave a site ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
· Domain RegistrarsPatent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy and AOL sued over email patents
· Domain RegistrarsZiplink claims companies' email services infringe its patents. A Connecticut company sued domain name registrar and hosting company Go Daddy yesterday in federal district court. Ziplink, Inc. alleges that Go Daddy's email services infringe two of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign files patent application for way of transfering hosting on DNSSEC Domains
· UncategorizedApplication describes way to change hosting on DNSSEC enabled domains without any downtime. Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) bring all sorts of security benefits, but it can make changing hosting providers more challenging. Verisign ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign wants patent on “non-existent domain” analysis tools
· Expired DomainsCompany files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Go Daddy patents “announcing a domain name registration on a social website”
· Domain RegistrarsPatent describes way to announce your latest domain name registration. Last year I wrote about Go Daddy's patent applications related to announcing a domain name registration on a social network. Today the United States Patent and Trademark office ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Google wants to patent making online ads social
· Policy & LawCompany files two patent applications for making online ads social. Google has filed two patent applications related to social interactions with online advertisements. The applications, 20120116871 and 20120116867 (pdf), were filed in November and ... Continue Reading1 Comment