Amazon's one-click patent loses its teeth

Amazon's one-click patent loses its teeth

The US Federal Circuit court of appeals has dissolved the preliminary injunction that for several years kept barnesandnoble.com from offering its internet customers the one-click shopping that Amazon.com offers. The one-click patent, one of the most derided business method patents, took a heavy thra...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE MICRO 2001-03, Vol.21 (2), p.7-10
1. Verfasser: Stern, R.H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acceleration
Appeals
Auditory system
Business
Circuits
Court decisions
Credit cards
Customers
Electronic commerce
Internet
IP networks
Mice
Shopping
Teeth
Transaction databases
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Zusammenfassung:The US Federal Circuit court of appeals has dissolved the preliminary injunction that for several years kept barnesandnoble.com from offering its internet customers the one-click shopping that Amazon.com offers. The one-click patent, one of the most derided business method patents, took a heavy thrashing from the Federal Circuit, but it hasn't been knocked out by complete invalidation yet. This decision is interesting, not only because of the notoriety of the one-click patent, but also because the decision illustrates several peculiarities of the patent system and of business-method patents in particular.
ISSN:0272-1732
1937-4143
DOI:10.1109/40.917997