Wow.. the news came this morning, that the patent filed in December 2004 that I worked on, was finally granted the 16th of this month.
Policing internet domains
AbstractThe present invention, in one set of embodiments, provides methods, systems and software that may be used to generate and manage enforcement actions against domains that are potentially and/or actually infringing rights of a user. Merely by way of example, some embodiments provide methods for identifying one or more domain names potentially subject to enforcement activity by a user. According to further embodiments, methods are provided for obtaining domain information regarding potential and/or actual infringing domains for a user. In certain embodiments, the present invention provides methods for analyzing domain information concerning potential and/or actual infringing domains and generating one or more enforcement messages for sending to one or more parties associated with the potentially and/or actually infringing domain names.
Inventors: Bura; Christopher J. (Pleasant Hill, CA), DeMartini; David A. (Bremerton, WA)
Short link: http://www.tinyurl.com/ddemartini3