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1-Click Smacked Down Again, While Reexam Languishes

Posted by timothy on from the waiting-game-is-rigged dept.

theodp writes "Pressed on Amazon's 1-Click patent, then-USPTO Chief Q. Todd Dickinson got testy: "I make this challenge all the time. If you're aware of prior art out there that invalidates a patent that is existing, file a re-examination. We'll be happy to take a look at it." Really? It's been 3+ years since unemployed actor Peter Calveley submitted prior art that triggered a USPTO reexamination of the 1-Click patent. Still no 'final answer' from the USPTO. To put things in perspective, 1-Click inventor Jeff Bezos once proposed a three-year lifespan for patents (later retracted), let alone patent reexams. In the meantime, other patent examiners have repeatedly smacked down 1-Click — the latest (non-final) rejection was issued on Feb. 10th with Sandra Bullock's help."

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  1. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In One Simple Click.

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    CEASE AND DESIST ORDER From Amazon

    lol!!! guys! LOL!

    1. Re:First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Wow you are a nerd. Stop bringing up off-topic shit like LARPing. get a hold of yourself

  2. Re:Workers? by XPeter · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The system is broken and you as well as I know it.

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    "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
  3. Re:Invented? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now I get it! Jews invented 9/11!

  4. Is it just me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or are most of the moderations in this discussion negative?
    13 downmods
    12 upmods

    If you count only once for a post, then
    6 downmods
    5 upmods