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Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed
Zordak writes "Amazon's infamous '1-click' patent has been in reexamination at the USPTO for almost four years. Patently-O now reports that 'the USPTO confirmed the patentability of original claims 6-10 and amended claims 1-5 and 11-26. The approved-of amendment adds the seeming trivial limitation that the one-click system operates as part of a 'shopping cart model.' Thus, to infringe the new version of the patent, an eCommerce retailer must use a shopping cart model (presumably non-1-click) alongside of the 1-click version. Because most retail eCommerce sites still use the shopping cart model, the added limitation appears to have no practical impact on the patent scope.'" Also covered at TechFlash.
With this PTO, you probably can.
NO SIG
Okay, conspiracy theorists. If we are in the "Brave New World", where the fuck is my free drugs and obligatory orgies?
College ;-)
Living With a Nerd
I just clicked on this article, now apparently I own it, so: get off my lawn!!
Sheldon
Has anyone done the half-click grab, the mouseover purchase, or the "drag-and-drop into the Buy Hole"?
I'm actually thinking I should patent no-click. It's the iPod "shuffle" feature applied to an online store. When you visit the site, it chooses a random product, purchases it, and ships it to you. Take that, Amazon! I'd like to see you design a store that requires fewer clicks than that!
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Well you've got to remember it's an old patent by now -- of course it's obvious at this point! But back then, we were all like "woah" and "how did they DO that?!!!" They deserve a lot of credit.
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Those CD of the Month clubs are prior art.
Although you did do the clever thing and add "with a computer", so it'll probably fly.
Weaselmancer
rediculous.
Then I shall trump them with a CTRL-right-click! :)
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... the USPTO saves millions of dollars with their newly introduced 1-click patent approval process.
.sig? Get your own damn
MITCHELL_PGH LLC PATENTS HALF CLICK
WASHINGTON, DC—mitchell_pgh LLC has filed a 1.8 billion dollar class action lawsuit against Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google. "They are in clear violation of our half click patent. In fact, they violate our patent TWICE with every purchase!" said mitchell_pgh's director of operations Edward Smelt. "We are working closely with the USPTO to announce our 'press click' patent, 'mouse movement' patent, and 'depress click' patent as we speak." Smelt was unwilling to discuss mitchell_pgh LLC's ongoing "no click" patent.
In 1905, he published papers that founded Special Relativity, explained the photoelectric effect on the basis of a hypothesis of Max Planck's (which significantly helped the development of quantum physics), and explained Brownian Motion as direct observational evidence of the existence of molecules. The Swiss promoted him from Patent Technician, Third Class to Patent Technician, Second Class. Must be tough graders.
Anyone know how to skirt the child labor laws in D.C.?
Don't pay them, and call it Work Experience.
For a site about things like basic rights, Slashdot users sure do like to censor "dissent".