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T 309/05 - Domain name generation/RAREDOMAINS.COM

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Case number: 
T 309/05
Headword: 
Domain name generation/RAREDOMAINS.COM
Application number: 
00963659.8
Publication number: 
1224575
Date of the Decision: 
2006-10-27
Additional Case Information
Title of the invention: 
System and method for generating domain names and for facilitating registration and transfer of the same
IPC: 
H04L 29/06
Keyword: 
Inventive step - (no); Formulation of technical problem
Applicant: 
Raredomains.com, LLC
Chairman of the Board: 
Clelland, A. S.
Members of the Board: 
Rees, D.H.
Members of the Board: 
Moufang, R.
Relevant Legal Provisions: 
Art. 52(2), 56 EPC
Cites (case law): 
T 38/86
Cites (case law): 
T 641/00 - Two identities/COMVIK
Cites further: 

T 25/85

Language of the proceedings: 
EN
Headnote: 
  1. Where a combination of non-technical and technical features is claimed, the consideration of inventive step requires that the problem be restricted to its technical aspects (point 4.2, following T 641/00 - Two identities/COMVIK).
  2. The problem of automating the generation of Internet domain names, so that only names which are both available and desirable are presented to a potential buyer, must therefore be stripped of aesthetic and semantic considerations, since these lie in a field excluded from patentability by the provisions of Articles 52(2)(b) and 52(2)© EPC (Points 4.7 and 4.9). Reformulating the problem into non-technical and technical components leaves as a technical problem simply the concatenation of a text string provided by a user with a predetermined string (Points 4.11 and 4.12).
  3. The subject-matter and activities specified in Article 52(2) EPC can be considered to be “non-technical”, as that term has been used by the boards (Point 4.10).