Re: Bezos on 1-click ordering

[John Nolan <jpnolan@sonic.net>]

He is spinning like a pro.  ;)  

IMHO the only real solution is for Congress to pass some kind
of new law concerning patents.  The patent office just needs
to have some sense knocked into it.  I don't think it will happen
unless voters start complaining to their Congresspersons. 

It's not clear to me how you decide what's patentable
and what's not, but I definitely agree that right now 
too many patents are issued for too many really simple ideas. 

My apologies, I think we're off topic already.  :) 

 
> http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/bezos_0300.html
> 
> Jeff Bezos makes the case that 1-click ordering is a complete reframing
> of the ecommerce problem away from shopping carts.  In *THAT* sense, 
> this was a significant innovation (he says).
> 
> He goes on to say that this isn't intended to hobble anyone, in as much
> as it's a weapon to stave off attacks from bricks-and-mortar businesses
> like Walmart and B&N.
> 
> I'm really confused here, because Bezos says:
> 
> 	Jeff: We aren't going after those developers. There are lots of
> 	people using 1-click purchasing on their sites whom we aren't
> 	suing. We're just going after the big guys who are going after
> 	us, the guys who are not innovating themselves but just copying
> 	us and working to crush us.
> 
> Ummm, if you don't protect a patent, doesn't that invalidate it?  Or
> am I thinking about copyrights/trademarks?

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