Judge's Ruling Spares 1-Click

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 17, 2004 @05:00AM from the press-1-for-dismissal-or-stay-on-the-line dept.

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."

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Re:One-click shopping by stinerman · 2004-10-17 05:14 · Score: 5, Insightful

Indeed, how is it different from clicking submit when I complete this post?

The /. servers store my username, preference settings, etc. I only have to login the one time to my account so I can single-click the submit button to post my statement.