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(Prior art: 1-click TV shopping[http://web.archive.org/web/20041104201524/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/03/14/patent.html] * the use of a remote data terminal to place orders[http://)
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* single-action ordering during radio broadcasts[http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=AKIeAAAAEBAJ&dq=5303393]
 
* single-action ordering during radio broadcasts[http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=AKIeAAAAEBAJ&dq=5303393]
  
In 2006 Cordance Corp. sued Amazon for use of their own 1-click shopping patent which predates Amazon's 1-click shopping patent.  The court case will take place in the second half of 2009.[http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432339946]
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In 2006 Cordance Corp., who have an earlier patent that they claim covers the 1-click shopping idea, sued Amazon for patent infringement.  The court case will take place in the second half of 2009.[http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202432339946]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 11:09, 21 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

Prior art

In response to Tim O'Reilly's $10,000 bounty for anyone who could find prior-art to invalidate the 1-click patent, contributors found existing patents on: [1]

  • 1-click TV shopping[2]
  • the use of a remote data terminal to place orders[3]
  • single-action ordering during radio broadcasts[4]

In 2006 Cordance Corp., who have an earlier patent that they claim covers the 1-click shopping idea, sued Amazon for patent infringement. The court case will take place in the second half of 2009.[5]

External links

References