EPO revokes Amazon’s “Gift Ordering” patent after opposition hearing
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| The so-called "Gift Order Patent" has been revoked by the EPO in an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.
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http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2007/20071207.html
Related:
Patent Reformers O'Reilly, Bezos Mum on 1-Click
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| Equally untalkative was Bezos, who deflected questions on the damage done by
| Calveley's DIY legal effort, telling a Wall Street analyst to 'refer to our
| public filings' (although nothing on the subject appears in the 8-K and 10-Q
| filings).
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/27/1144222&from=rss
USPTO Increases Scope Of Amazon's 1-Click Patent
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| It apparently found its way into the hands of a sympathetic (and impatient)
| USPTO Examiner who had earlier defended his friends for approving 1-Click
| in the first place and referred 1-Click naysayers to a letter to the WSJ
| penned by the ex-Commissioner for Patents.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070605/104036.shtml
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