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Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards

Posted by kdawson on from the you-can-brick-but-you-better-not-click dept.

Trintech writes "A Utah couple acting as their own attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Apple and Starbucks over the retailers' recent Song of the Day promotion, which offers Starbucks customers an iTunes gift card for a complimentary, pre-selected song download. In a seven-page formal complaint, James and Marguerite Driessen of Lindon, Utah say they developed in 2000, and were granted a patent in February 2006 for, an Internet merchandising utility dubbed RPOS (retail point of sale). The concept, which forms the heart of the infringement lawsuit, would allow gift cards for pre-defined items that can be sold at a brick-and-mortar store but used online; customers could redeem a card for a dining room set or a DVD, for example."

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  1. Overzealous grammar Nazis by ronocdh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    True. You know what else bugs me? This story being tagged "complementary" when the spelling "complimentary" in the summary is completely correct.

    1. Re:Overzealous grammar Nazis by QuickFox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      True indeed. But you know what bugs me even more? When a semantics nazi can't distinguish between grammar and semantics.

      (Subject line.)

      Of course there is this law that says that on the Internet every correction must contain an error...

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      Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
  2. Lawyer rape society by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you people let it happen. Mod the truth flamebait/troll. You always do anyway.