Amazon Releases 1-Click Patent Sequel

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 12, 2002 @08:43AM from the early-gift-from-jeff-bezos dept.

theodp writes "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is seeking a patent for coordinating the delivery of a gift. The invention was bundled with the 1-Click claims in this 1998 EPO filing, but its USPTO filing was allowed to lapse. Amazon refiled with the USPTO in July, 2002--a few months after settling the BN 1-Click lawsuit." Update: 12/13 05:35 GMT by T : Ben Silverman writes "Please note that Shel Kaphan is no longer the CTO of Amazon.com and has not been with the company for over three years. I apologize for any inconvience this has caused Mr. Kaphan and to readers for the error. Mr. Kaphan pointed out my error in an email this evening." (Kaphan is identified as CTO in the linked NY Post story.)

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Mod Parent Up by niftyeric · 2002-12-12 08:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That just made my day. =)

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mod parent up... by jaredcoleman · 2002-12-12 08:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That's hilarious! Unfortunately, it's also true.
Re:FP! by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · 2002-12-12 09:01 · Score: 1, Offtopic

You go girl.