ENS developers urge Unstoppable Domains to drop patents or face lawsuit

ENS developer Nick Johnson claims a patent granted to Unstoppable Domains in January is entirely based on ENS Labs innovations.
Source: ENS developers urge Unstoppable Domains to drop patents or face lawsuit (https://cointelegraph.com/news/ens-developers-urge-blockchain-unstoppable-domains-drop-patents-face-lawsuit)
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