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SnapNames switches to an auction based system
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I'm sorry, but no. You cannot patent an auction, even with some specific changes like limiting it to those who have expressed interest.
Let them try to enforce it.
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They aren't trying to "patent an auction".
Rather than proof-by-assertion, it might be helpful to provide a pointer to prior resource allocation systems in which (the Pool.com model)(a) a pool of interested parties is collected to obtain a resource not-presently available, (b) an attempt is made to obtain the resource, and (c) an auction is conducted among the pool, contingent upon the success of step (b). Or you might want to find systems that approximated the Namewinner model of conducting a pre-attempt auction on a resource not-presently on hand. Usually, an auction consists of bidding on a thing that is sitting next to the auctioneer.
I don't have an opinion on whether anything like that, having the relevant date, is out there. However, if the application issues as a patent, then invalidating it would take more than one sentence of hand-waving.
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Actually, you can patent business methods for conducting auction sales, provided that the method meets the normal requirements of a patentable invention (novelty, usefulness, properly described in the patent application).
-Frank Weyer
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