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Microsoft Decides It Can't Compete With Salesforce.com; Sues For Patent Infringement Instead
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100518/1653449477.shtml
Appeals Court Finds Patent On Electronic Catalog Obvious... Tosses Out Multimillion Dollar Award Against Hyundai
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| Two years ago, we wrote about a patent held
| by Erich Spangenberg, a notorious patent
| hoarder who is involved in a ton of lawsuits
| against companies who actually make stuff,
| attacked with highly questionable patents.
| The patent in question (5,367,627) basically
| described an electronic parts catalog, which
| Spangenberg used to sue tons of companies.
|
| [...]
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| After all that effort, the Federal Circuit
| has dumped the original ruling, noting that
| the "invention" (if you can call it that)
| was "anticipated" by earlier inventions.
| But, honestly, if you want to get a deeper
| sense of just how messed up the patent
| system is, you should read the full ruling
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100518/0254389459.shtml
Recent:
Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed
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| Zordak writes "Amazon's infamous '1-click'
| patent has been in reexamination at the
| USPTO for almost four years. Patently-O now
| reports that 'the USPTO confirmed the
| patentability of original claims 6-10 and
| amended claims 1-5 and 11-26. The approved-
| of amendment adds the seeming trivial
| limitation that the one-click system
| operates as part of a 'shopping cart model.'
| Thus, to infringe the new version of the
| patent, an eCommerce retailer must use a
| shopping cart model (presumably non-1-click)
| alongside of the 1-click version. Because
| most retail eCommerce sites still use the
| shopping cart model, the added limitation
| appears to have no practical impact on the
| patent scope.'"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/10/1950246/Amazon-1-Click-Patent-Survives-Almost-Unscathed
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