Ninth Anniversary of Amazon 1-Click Injunction

theodp writes "Nine years ago Monday, Amazon kicked off the Holiday Season by slapping Barnes and Noble with a court injunction barring BN from using a checkout feature that Amazon said represented illegal copying of its patented 1-Click technology. 'We're pleased that Judge Pechman recognized the innovation underlying our 1-Click feature,' said Jeff Bezos in a press release. But an Appellate Court wasn't quite as impressed with Amazon's innovation. Nor were USPTO Examiners who were asked to take another look at the merits of Amazon's 1-Click patent claims. Still, 1-Click lives on, although Amazon's lawyers are currently fighting two separate rejections by USPTO Examiners, burying USPTO Examiners in paper, and employing canceling-and-refiling tactics that some may find reminiscent of Eddie Haskell's chess end-game strategy. So much for Amazon-led patent reform."

Comments

They should have copywrighted the 2 click purchase

[CrazyJim1]

And the 3 click... 4... 5... to 100 clicks!
Just imagine how difficult it'd be for your competitors if their customers had to click 101 times to buy anything.

Fucktardary

[LingNoi]

'We're pleased that Judge Pechman recognized the innovation underlying our 1-Click feature,' said Jeff Bezos

This should be on The Onion, it's so ridiculous.

Re:They should have copywrighted the 2 click purch

[nacturation]

I've already patented the 1-hover purchase as well as the one-keystroke accessibility purchase. What other non-click methods can you think of?

Re:Customer Backlash?

[morgan_greywolf]

Does B&N give me the option to buy with 1-click? No! See? Amazon is more convenient! :-P