__/ [ theodp@xxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 17 May 2006 04:40 \__
> http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/000395.php
>
> It Only Takes One Determined Individual to Bring Down a Patent
>
> A lone blogger may have succeeded in getting Amazon's 1-Click Patent
> cut short. The '411 patent, assigned to Amazon, is known as the 1-Click
> Patent for its claim on ordering items on the web by "clicking" just
> once. Based on material submitted by New Zealander and Lord of the
> Rings choreographer Peter Calveley, the USPTO ordered a reexamination
> of Amazon's 1-Click Patent....
What about the smileys?
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39210396,00.htm
Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent
Or the swing...
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.html
I am not sure it takes a blogger to have these re-examined. All it takes one
*sober* reviewer.
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