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* [[Australia]]: Granted (according to AIPLA)<ref>http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/australia/AUsoftware.html</ref>
 
* [[Australia]]: Granted (according to AIPLA)<ref>http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/australia/AUsoftware.html</ref>
 
* [[New Zealand]]: Granted, then [http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2007/peter-calveley-wipes-away-amazon-one-click-patent Peter Calveley wipes away Amazon One Click Patent], but it's rumoured to have been reinstated later.
 
* [[New Zealand]]: Granted, then [http://nzoss.org.nz/news/2007/peter-calveley-wipes-away-amazon-one-click-patent Peter Calveley wipes away Amazon One Click Patent], but it's rumoured to have been reinstated later.
* [[Canada]]: Refused [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4034/135/ refuses 1-click and business methods in general]
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* [[Canada]]: [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4034/135/ Refuses 1-click and business methods in general]
 
* [[European Patent Office]]: According to [[FFII]]<ref>http://eupat.ffii.org/patents/effects/1click/index.en.html</ref>: "''The application reached the third stage of examination (A3), i.e. it was recognised as referring to a patentable invention and a full novelty examination was conducted''" but after controversy in the USA and new prior art, the patent was rejected.  But FFII also notes that "''In 2001 the patent application was split into two new applications, of which one was granted and one is still pending.''"  The patent granted in 2001, [[EP0927945]], was revoked in 2007.<ref>http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2007/20071207.html</ref>
 
* [[European Patent Office]]: According to [[FFII]]<ref>http://eupat.ffii.org/patents/effects/1click/index.en.html</ref>: "''The application reached the third stage of examination (A3), i.e. it was recognised as referring to a patentable invention and a full novelty examination was conducted''" but after controversy in the USA and new prior art, the patent was rejected.  But FFII also notes that "''In 2001 the patent application was split into two new applications, of which one was granted and one is still pending.''"  The patent granted in 2001, [[EP0927945]], was revoked in 2007.<ref>http://www.epo.org/topics/news/2007/20071207.html</ref>
  

Revision as of 07:20, 20 July 2009

Amazon's "one-click shopping" patent became infamous both because it's trivial and because it's clearly a business method.

Status in various regions

General information

References