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Judge's Ruling Spares 1-Click
theodp writes "Agreeing with Amazon's characterization of its 1-Click feature as a feature of an electronic product ordering system and not an electronic fund transfer or transaction system, a Judge has tossed out a $50M lawsuit that threatened Amazon's 1-Click patent. But outside of Court, Amazon touts its patent-pending Amazon Honor System as a way for Web sites to use 1-Click shopping technology for voluntary payment transactions - most notably for 9-11 donations and campaign contributions - that do not involve consumer goods or Amazon-specified prices, which the Judge argues are essential 1-Click ingredients."
When you have the money, just pay the judge off. It's the american way.
Interesting, but you must realize:
Devising a 2-click shopping mechanism is simply the 1-click mechanism two times. Now you're in violation twice.
First Microsoft filed a patent for double-clicking, and now Amazon has a single-click patent. Geez!
Sig Nature
Do not mix...
I've already got a better method. I've patented 0-click shopping. If you mouseover anything in my store, you buy it. I've placed all the popular items in the center of the pages with the overpriced crap around it.
Combined with my no-return policy, business is booming!
I'm suddenly reminded of the Dilbert comic where Dogbert explains that he has patented "zero-click shopping" and that if Dilbert doesn't click the mouse soon, Dogbert will have to ship him some books.
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So what? I've patented One-Click shoplifting. One click, and you get Amazons DVDs and CDs for free! Hah!
Reminds me of the Dilbert strip where Dogbert patented no-click shopping.
You better click something or I have to ship you some books.
"act of automating the use of complexity, usually made up of simpler complexities, so to enable the use and reuse of the complexity by the user of that complexity, easy."
That statement sounds VERY patentable.
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.