Copyright Notice

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Trademarks

Among the trademarks and service marks owned by Ask Jeeves, Inc. are:
  ·  DIRECT HIT
  ·  DIRECTHIT.COM
  ·  DIRECT HIT SEARCH
  ·  POPULARITY ENGINE
  ·  POPULARITY RANKING ENGINE
  ·  POPULARITY SEARCH ENGINE
  ·  PERSONALIZED SEARCH
  ·  PERSONALIZED SEARCH ENGINE
  ·  PERSONALIZED RESULTS
and the respective logos of these marks.

Patents

Ask Jeeves has 5 patents pending that cover the core concepts and critical features of the Direct Hit technologies, including our Popularity Engine, Related Searches, and Personalized Search products.