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  • Amazon Re-Granted 1-Click to Buy Patent ("USPTO is a joke")

    06/24/2010 7:17:52 PM PDT · by libh8er · 9 replies
    Softpedia ^ | 03.11.2010 | Lucian Parfeni
    While everyone else is left scratching their heads, Amazon and its lawyers are patting themselves on the back. The company has managed to (re)confirm a patent for 1-Click, a method of buying stuff online with, you guessed it, just one click. And that's it, that's all there is to it. If you deploy a system that enables customers to purchase anything online just by pressing one button, you will be infringing on Amazon's patent. It has been a long battle for Amazon, which has been pursuing this patent for more than a decade now. It was initially granted the patent,...