Amazon & Barnes and Noble Settle One-Click Dispute

rtphokie writes: "C|Net is reporting that Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com have settled the over 2 year old lawsuit over the expedited ordering process known as '1-Click' ordering on Amazon's site and 'Express Checkout' on Barnes and Noble's. Details of the settlement are (of course) unavailable."

Comments

Nobel's express checkout??

[shankark]

"..."Express Checkout" on Barnes and Nobel's....

like dynamite?

Money well spent!

[SubscriptionTroll]

I am SubscriptionTroll and you just paid $5 to view 1000 pages of me!!

Re:I still cant come to terms with this 1-Click cr

[Anonymous Coward]

i agree.

i think i will patent "walk in the front door shopping"

any retailer who wants to allow customers to walk through the front door will have to license the idea from me.

i don't really care what the other guys doors look like or the path leading up to the door, or the layout behind the doors...if it's in front, it's my patent pay up!

Amazon Sued by Half-Click Patent Owner

[guttentag]

I keep waiting to see Amazon get sued by the owner of the Half-Click patent, because every "One Click" is really two half-clicks. Once that story breaks, I'm sure they'll have a real field day with DoubleClick.

I guess the half-click people are somewhat slow. It's hard to get things done when you're busy holding the mouse button down with one hand.

Re:Good,

[SQLz]

BTW, I just patented the 2-2,000,000 click ordering processes.

I imagine it happening like this...

[mystery_bowler]

Amazon's Top Lawyer: Look, we know you guys want to do the whole 'One-Click' thing. But we got a patent on it. We have to protect it. How would we look to other companies if we didn't? Like big wussies, that's how we'd look.

B&N's Top Lawyer: But your patent is too broad and ill-defined. You knew you were taking advantage of the patent office's ignorance toward technology. And we're pissed off enough about it to get it over-turned. And if you think inactivity would make you look like wussies, over-turning your patents is going to make you look like money-grubbing vampires.

ATL: We don't have to go through this, you know. You could just pay a nominal license fee...

BNTL: Yeah, and you could lick my #expletive#.

ATL: Oh come on, is that really necessary? It wouldn't hurt your bottom line in the least.

BNTL: It's the principal of the thing.

ATL: Ok, then. What's your idea of a compromise?

BNTL: Ideally, all of you out of a job. But since it's not an ideal world, how about this: We don't pay a license fee and do the 'One-Click' thing anyway.

ATL: Alright, alright. But only if you sign an agreement to never co-operate with, testify for or help any other company we come down on to protect this patent.

BNTL: Only if Bezos goes public and says he's in favor of patent reform.

Bezos: What?!?

ATL: You've GOT to be kidding.

BNTL: Nope. And say it like you mean it.

<Some general grumbling on the Amazon side of the table>

ATL: Deal. But don't ever have the same book of the month as we do!

BNTL: We've got no problem with that.

<End scene>

Obligatory Reference

[pangur]

Amazon (deep breathing): This is your destiny, search your feelings, you know it to be true.

B&N: No, I'll never join you.

Amazon: Join me, and with one-click purchasing and patent enforcement, together we can rule online book sales as Father and Son.

B&N: Well.........OK. But we have to keep our settlement secret, all right? I'd hate to have my friends know about our little meeting.

Amazon: I'll have my stormtrooper-lawyers work on our non-disclosure agreement.

B&N: Oh, and could you help me find my hand?