USPTO Examiner Rejected 1-Click Claims As 'Obvious'
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| Faced with a duly unimpressed USPTO examiner who rejected its new
| 1-Click patent claims as 'obvious' and 'old and well known,' Amazon
| has taken the unusual step of requesting an Oral Appeal to plead
| its case...
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/15/002238
Why Microsoft Won't ID Patent Violations...
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| The fact of the matter is, no matter how serious these patent violations
| are, any patent clearly-worded and not vague in purpose is addressable.
| It may take some time, effort, and tons of money to make it work; but
| chances are, it's doable. So long as Microsoft hasn't patented the
| right-mouse context menus, the concept of a desktop, or the word
| "Office," the open source can - if the need arises - clear all
| these issues up and move on ahead.
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http://neosmart.net/blog/2007/microsoft-linux-patent-violations/
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