"Third Level" domains patented?

http://news.com.com/2100-1038-5141810.html?tag=nefd_hed

According to the article, somebody maanged to patent the selling of
www.something.somethng.com. Which seems a bit assanine to me, since the
ISP I worked for in 1993 offered custoemrs www.customer.ccnet.com.

As much as I dislike Verisign, this is silly.

I think I'll file a patent on organic O2/CO2 exchangers, and then sue
everyone who breathes....

Break out the prior art....

-Scott