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Amazon Wants Patent for All-You-Can-Eat Shipping

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the patent-system-still-broken dept.

theodp writes "USPTO documents released Thursday show that Amazon is seeking a patent covering subscription-based shipping, aka Amazon Prime. Among the seven listed inventors is Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who has been singing the praises of Amazon Prime to Wall Street."

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  1. I don't understand... by mrxak · · Score: 3, Informative

    How can you patent a payment method? This doesn't make any sense.

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    -mrxak
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