USPTO Imposes 'Undue Hardship' On 1-Click Lawyers

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday September 8, 2007 @04:23AM from the crack-of-noon dept.

theodp writes "Looks like Amazon's high-priced Silicon Valley attorneys will have to endure the 'undue hardship' of awakening early next Thursday morning to defend CEO Jeff Bezos' 1-Click patent in a Video Hearing before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. The attorneys' plea for a 1 p.m. ET start time drew a be-there-at-9-or-be-square response from the USPTO. The 1-Click patent has fallen into disfavor lately with USPTO Examiners, who no longer have the same boss who once sent a 1-Click love letter to the WSJ arguing that the merits of Amazon's patent were proven by a contest run by a Jeff Bezos-financed company, an argument that was later rejected by Congress."

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Re:The Company Hangs on 1-Click? Balderdash! by larry+bagina · 2007-09-08 06:07 · Score: 0, Troll

I take a different approach: ordering extremely heavy products that qualify for free shipping and are eligible for special discounts that guarantee amazon loses money.

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Re:The Company Hangs on 1-Click? Balderdash! by larry+bagina · 2007-09-08 07:16 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't buy 3rd party items through amazon (I go to their regular website). This is for items sold by amazon.

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Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.