Web.com

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Web.com, Inc (NASDAQ: WWWW), formerly Interland, is a service provider of web hosting, e-commerce and many other services. More than 4 million websites have been built using Web.com’s proprietary tools, services and patented technology. In February of 2003, Web.com (then Interland) and its former Chief Executive Officer Joel Kocher were sued by Gabriel Murphy and Bryan Heitman, co-founders of CommuniTech.Net for $26.7 million (source). Murphy and Heitman sold their business to Interland on February 8, 2002 (source). According to the complaint, the company failed to disclose material events that occurred the same date and the company failed to timely register Murphy and Heitman's Interland stock as promised. The case is pending and jury trial in Heitman v. Interland, et. al. is set for June 25, 2007 in Jackson County, Missouri. They recently filed a patent suit against GoDaddy and include Hostopia as a patent licensee. The company offers its website services through its own brands, as well as through their partners, incuding Earthlink, Lycos, Dex Media, RH Donnelley, Verizon and British Telecom.

Web.com holds 19 registered patents and claims to have the primary underlying patents for software as a service, control panels, and website builders. Hostopia, a large wholesale host, recently purchased a license to use that technology from web.com for 10% of retail revenues (source). Web.com recently sued Godaddy for patent infringement (source).

Web.com also owns Interland, trellix, hostpro, and was formerly Micron PC. Their headquarters are located in Atlanta, GA.

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