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USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-at-least-there's-some-sanity dept.

igdmlgd writes "A while ago I filed a reexamination request for the Amazon.com one-click patent and recently checked out the USPTO online file wrapper -it seems they have rejected all the claims I requested they look at and more!" And it only took many many years to remove what would have been obvious to the most incompetent web developer.

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  1. Register Article by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Informative

    here is the printer friendly version of an article with some good info. about this over at the Register.

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  2. Not quite... by theantipop · · Score: 5, Informative

    There was a non-final rejection mailed on October 9. There is still at least one more round of prosecution before Amazon's lawyers decide to choose any number of paths to continue prosecution beyond a final rejection.

  3. Re:Counter sue? by jcr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Chances are that anyone who's paid up for a license from Amazon is SOL, since the contract would almost certainly include a provision that they can't sue even if the patent ends up getting spiked. Anyone who hasn't executed a contract with Amazon, but has incurred expenses in defending themselves might be able to recover some damages.

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