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Amazon Patents Electronic Gifting

Posted by samzenpus on from the all-your-gifts-are-belong-to-us dept.

theodp writes "Simply giving your mother an e-book for her birthday could constitute patent infringement now that the USPTO's gone and awarded Amazon.com a patent on the 'Electronic Gifting' of items such as music, movies, television programs, games, or books. BusinessInsider speculates that the patent may be of concern to Facebook, which just dropped a reported $80 million on social gift-giving app maker Karma Science."

4 of 164 comments (clear)

  1. Re:This is an outrage by Custard+Horse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice retort. You are truly gifted.

  2. Dan Brown e-book by ciderbrew · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Dan Brown [ or Insert your own Author here ] e-book would be a punishment and not a gift. I call patent for punishment e-book giving.

  3. Re:guaranteed profit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    well you sir are infringing on my patent on electronic numbered lists that end with the word "profit"!

  4. Re:Prior Art by NEDHead · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously? Not law school? My parents are going to kick me out of the basement if they figure out I'm not down here studying.