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Amazon Sued For Recommending Books

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-say-litigious-we-sue dept.

localman writes "Cedant, the owner of Super 8 motels and Days Inn, is suing Amazon for patent infringement for recommending books with it's 'customers who purchased X also purchased Y' technology. Heh. 'Technology.' It's always fun to see Amazon hoist by its own petard, as it were, but it would really stink if no website could offer it's customer's recommendations. Got Prior Art?"

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  1. Prior Art by KilobyteKnight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As a business method, there is certainly prior art. It's called "upselling", and it's been around as long as people have been selling things.

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  2. Re:OT: Apostrophe rant by Kick+the+Donkey · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If grammer rules had any logic to them, what so ever (or is it what soever, or whatsoever?), we'd be just fine. However, they where (or is it were?) never created. They've evolved. Hence, the abstract-ness of it all...

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