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FFII vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

Elektroschock writes "The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure fights in court against Amazon.com's Gift ordering patent. It is about ordering gifts via email and phone communication. Amazon's gift ordering patent is seen as a danger for webdesigners and E-Commerce in Europe. It is derived from the well-known Amazon.com's 1-click patent. The flowers distributor Fleurop and Germany's Computer Acience Association "Gesellschaft fur Informatik" untertake similar legal action against Amazon's trivial patent. FFII's Hartmut Pilch said the fight against patents was not over. It is a cheap opportunity to get some exercise in patent litigation."

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  1. Am I the only one by JessLeah · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...who parsed that as "Final Fantasy 2 vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent"?

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    1. Re:Am I the only one by Rosyna · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah. Same here as soon as I read it the first thing I though was "Damn, can't wait until it's FFIV vs. Amazon. Cecil is going to kick some ass. Amazon is just a spoony little bard anyways."

  2. Quick! by Sarojin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone patent searching for '*' and '%', which between them will cover all other searches! ...

    Profit!

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  3. Welcomed Activity by GNaturist · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is nice to see some activity against patents like this. It just seems that for all the frustration about software patents that there is so little action being taken to fight them.

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  4. You know... by Kierthos · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm waiting (more like dreading) the /. post that says:

    Your Rights Online: You don't have any.

    Can't be too far off...

    Kierthos

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  5. My Patent & More Costs by calmdude · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hereby patent the process of patenting.

    Seriously, though, the major problem with the patent office is that their technically deficient, overworked clerks have neither the time nor the knowledge to properly evaluate submissions of technical patents. Even more scary are patents which are being passed on sections of DNA and other bioscience patents.

    IMHO the cost of filing a patent should be proportional to the bullshit factor. I call this the Amazon ratio.