GoDaddy has patents for domain name proxy services. Now a competitor, Web.com’s Network Solutions, has a patent for Whois privacy.
- chinese
- indian
- amercian
- europen
- british
- french
- german
- canadian
- mexican
- african
- australian
- japanese
- thai
- pakistani
- bangladeshi
- srilankan
- arabian
- romanian
- brazillian
- christian
- hindu
- muslim
- islamic
- jewish
- russian
U.S. Patent #9,817,979 (pdf) for Private domain name registration covers Whois privacy in which a domain is registered in the name of the actual registrant but the contact details (email address, phone and postal address) are that of the privacy service.
GoDaddy’s service Domains By Proxy is technically a proxy service instead of privacy. Domains By Proxy is the technical owner of the domain name acting on the customer’s behalf.