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Amazon Using Patent Reform to Strengthen 1-Click

Posted by Zonk on from the song-and-dance-routine dept.

theodp writes "As some predicted, lawyers for Amazon.com have recently submitted 1-Click prior art solicited by Tim O'Reilly under the auspices of Jeff Bezos' patent reform effort to the USPTO, soliciting a 'favorable action' that would help bulletproof the patent. Last June, an Amazon lobbyist referred to deficiencies with the same prior art as he tried to convince Congress that 1-Click was novel, prompting Rep. Howard Berman to call BS."

5 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Thanks God by the100rabh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank God they are not patenting online shopping. List of things they can also patent
    1) One click see all specification(Rather make it Zero click also)
    2) Hover and buy
    3) Pay by credit card
    4) Get it delivered at home

    Why is US Government blind all these malpractices.

    1. Re:Thanks God by mgiuca · · Score: 2, Funny

      5) "Method for presenting clickable text which navigates a web browser to a new URL"
      6) "Method for requesting a document resource on a remote server"
      7) "Method to allow a consumer to designate desire to purchase products remotely"

  2. Which is TFA? by mgiuca · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which of the 6 links is TFA?

    *mindblown*

  3. Who cares? by pjt33 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why does it matter? You weren't planning on reading it, were you?

  4. Something smells. by Butisol · · Score: 2, Funny

    Patenting 1-Click is like realizing that the flush toilet has already been patented and then deciding to patent taking a dump.