news Unstoppable Domains wants patent for verifying eligibility to register reserved names

[News]

Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically.
Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a registrant is authorized to register these names.
The company filed its application for “Domain name registration based on verification of entities of reserved names” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 13, 2022. It was published today.

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[draco]

So they're just taking existing verification technology that can be used for anything, and saying we want to patent it for reserved domains? I really hope their application is denied.

 

[Samer]

This company is so annoying.
Can you please stop reporting on them?
I’m amazed this nothingburger is “news”