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Amazon's one-click shopping patent
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
- USA: granted USA alternative link
- Australia: Granted (according to AIPLA)[1]
- New Zealand: Granted, then Peter Calveley wipes away Amazon One Click Patent, but it's rumoured to have been reinstated later.
- Canada: Refused refuses 1-click and business methods in general
- European Patent Office: According to FFII[2]: "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 The patent granted in 2001, EP0927945, was revoked in 2007.[3]
General information
- Wikipedia: 1-click
