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How Hard Is It To Realize That One-Click Buying Doesn't Deserve A Patent?
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| Amazon and Jeff Bezos (who a decade ago was
| a founder of a project to bust bogus
| patents) have aggressively fought to keep
| the patent alive. And so we've now entered
| the fifth year of the review process, which
| seems to involve some rather annoyed USPTO
| patent examiners, who are fed up with what
| appears to be Amazon simply dumping
| busywork on the examiners to avoid a final
| rejection of the patent.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100223/0249208265.shtml
Microsoft adds Panasonic to its exFAT licensee list
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| Microsoft has made a second intellectual
| property (IP) licensing announcement this
| week. After announcing a cross-licensing
| deal with Amazon.com (which had lots of NDA
| stipulations), Microsoft revealed on
| February 25 it had struck a deal with
| Panasonic for its exFAT technology.
|
| [...]
|
| Maybe Amazon was just licensing exFAT/FAT,
| some argued. Sure, maybe Amazon licensed
| those technologies too; itâs impossible to
| tell, given what Microsoft disclosed and
| Amazon refused (or was not allowed) to
| discuss. But as I mentioned to some
| readers, when Microsoft is simply licensing
| exFAT/FAT, it calls that out specifically
| in the release, even if the licensee isnât
| talking about how/what they plan to do with
| the technology.
|
| In Amazonâs case, Microsoft called out the
| fact Amazon is using open-source technology
| (Linux, specifically) in the Kindle and on
| its back-end servers. Some open-source
| backers said they believed Microsoft did
| this to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt
| (FUD) to hurt Linux.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=5401
Questions for Microsoft
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| You can imagine my laughter when Microsoft
| was declared by the courts to have violated
| a patent in their OOXML file formats. The
| patent owners, i4i of Canada, asked the
| courts to have Microsoft remove the
| features that were found to be in violation
| of i4i's patents.
|
| Now, what about all the customers that
| chose to use Microsoft's Office product
| just to get the OOXML feature? If they
| suffer loss because of this Microsoft
| compensate them? What about the documents
| they created with OOXML, will they have to
| be converted? What about the people that
| refuse to let Microsoft remove the patent
| violating code to protect their investments
| and documents? Could i4i sue them?
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http://brentrbrian.blogspot.com/2010/02/questions-for-microsoft.html
Recent:
Amazon Refuses To Give In; Appeals One-Click Patent Rejection In Canada
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091023/1847116662.shtml
Amazon appeals rejection of its "One Click" patent
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=075bab6f-ee9d-4e7f-96e3-897497cd7fff&utm_source=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Lexology%20subscriber%20daily%20feed&utm_content=Lexology%20Daily%20Newsfeed%202009-10-22&utm_term=
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