FFII vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday January 25, 2004 @04:21AM 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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Am I the only one by JessLeah · 2004-01-25 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Quick! by Sarojin · 2004-01-25 04:24 · Score: 5, Funny

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

Profit!

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You know... by Kierthos · 2004-01-25 04:55 · 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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