>>
>> Then how does Amazon get away with patenting
>> 1-Click? That's a
>> feature--certainly not a technology.
BM> Because the patent office is full of idiots who don't
BM> understand technology that's how. But even here, it's
BM> the specific process that's patented. If a competitor
BM> could come up with a significantly different way of
BM> accomplishing the same goal, they could do it. But
BM> this particular patent is so broad it would be hard to
BM> get around it.
Keep in mind that patent right is quite different in the USA
compared to Europe. In Europe the "1-click" would have had no
chance of getting the patent.
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Best regards,
Dieter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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