[At-Large] More DNS patents
John R. Levine
johnl at iecc.com
Tue Oct 9 16:31:10 UTC 2012
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=dnssec&sort=relevance&srch=top&patents=on
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=domain+name+system&sort=relevance&srch=top&patents=on
>
> Yes, even *validating WHOIS information* is patented.
Those are patent applications, not patents. There is a large and
important difference.
The software patent situation is a mess, but confusing the issue isn't
helpful.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly
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