Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> EPO revokes Amazon?s ?Gift Ordering? patent after opposition hearing
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The so-called "Gift Order Patent" has been revoked by the EPO in an
>| opposition proceeding today after a hearing involving three opposing parties
>| and the patent proprietor, Amazon Inc. The patent relates to a method for
>| purchasing goods over the Internet to be sent as gifts.
> `----
>
> http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2007/20071207.html
Perhaps someone, somewhere, is considering just how broken this all is?
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