Re: [ga] GoDaddy gets patent on proxy Whois service

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

That's exactly the point. A proxy service is not a new idea, but now that GoDaddy has patent protection for it, what does that mean to their competitors in the domain registration business? How will this affect the reshaping of ICANN's Whois policy?

Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kidsearch 
  To: Prophet Partners Inc. ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [ga] GoDaddy gets patent on proxy Whois service


  how is this new?

  patents are always being granted, trademarks too, that do nothing but confuse people and that should never be granted.

  Isn't that the same that has already been being done elsewhere?


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Prophet Partners Inc. 
    To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:56 PM
    Subject: [ga] GoDaddy gets patent on proxy Whois service


    GoDaddy was granted U.S. patent #7,130,878 on October 31,2006 for proxy domain name registration.

    http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22go+daddy%22

    Sincerely,
    Ted
    Prophet Partners Inc.
    http://www.ProphetPartners.com
    http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com