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Amazon.com has patented online discussions
Posted: 2003-02-27 01:36am
by Rubberanvil
I don't know if this was posted already.
Link removed until I could figured out how to post the link without ****ing up the board format. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
pretty link has a pretty dress now 
~ CO
Posted: 2003-02-27 01:38am
by Spanky The Dolphin
Edit your link so it doesn't fuck up the board format.
Posted: 2003-02-27 01:39am
by neoolong
Hmm, it seems to refer to a retail environment in the claims section.
And dude, do something about the link.
Posted: 2003-02-27 02:39am
by Pu-239
Yet another example of the sorry state of copyrights/trademarks/patents in the US. I know people who work at the patent office. Maybe should discuss it.
Posted: 2003-02-27 04:49am
by Dalton
Jesus dude, dress the link then. There's a post about it in the board policy announcement. Go read it.
Posted: 2003-02-27 04:37pm
by phongn
Two words: prior art.
Posted: 2003-02-27 04:54pm
by Joe
See, this is why I dislike patents.
Posted: 2003-02-27 05:39pm
by Rubberanvil
Jesus dude, dress the link then.
There's a post about it in the board policy announcement. Go read it.
You mean your "Line Breaks and Whitespace" post? I've read it and have tried doing what you've suggested but I'm not having any luck getting it to work the way it should.
Here's the link again, could you please truncate it for me?
pretty link has a pretty dress now ~ CO
Posted: 2003-02-27 06:53pm
by Colonel Olrik
fixed the link.
Posted: 2003-02-27 11:20pm
by Cap'n Hector
What amazing new tech will Amazon come out with next? Using tape drives to back data up?
Posted: 2003-02-28 04:26am
by Pcm979
WTF?! Is that legal?
Posted: 2003-02-28 04:34am
by Cap'n Hector
Pcm979 wrote:WTF?! Is that legal?
Not really, but nobody checkes to see if the idea is in use.
Posted: 2003-02-28 04:39am
by Pcm979
Cap'n Hector wrote:Pcm979 wrote:WTF?! Is that legal?
Not really, but nobody checkes to see if the idea is in use.
*Incoherant bibbling*
Posted: 2003-02-28 05:11am
by Cap'n Hector
Pcm979 wrote:Cap'n Hector wrote:Pcm979 wrote:WTF?! Is that legal?
Not really, but nobody checkes to see if the idea is in use.
*Incoherant bibbling*
If you think that's bad, someone is Australia patented the wheel in the past year or two...
The US needs to work on the idea patent thing, as currently implimented it's too broad. Stuff like 1-Click ordering shouldn't be patentable or enforceable...
Posted: 2003-02-28 05:11am
by Dalton
Rubberanvil wrote:You mean your "Line Breaks and Whitespace" post? I've read it and have tried doing what you've suggested but I'm not having any luck getting it to work the way it should.
*This* forum, dude. OT, top of the page, "Forum Policy" post.
Posted: 2003-02-28 05:30am
by Pcm979
Cap'n Hector wrote:Pcm979 wrote:Cap'n Hector wrote:
Not really, but nobody checkes to see if the idea is in use.
*Incoherant bibbling*
If you think that's bad, someone is Australia patented the wheel in the past year or two...
The US needs to work on the idea patent thing, as currently implimented it's too broad. Stuff like 1-Click ordering shouldn't be patentable or enforceable...
Excuse me while I patent Bill Gates...
Posted: 2003-02-28 05:40am
by Dalton
Hm, reminds me of the Onion article where Microsoft patented ones and zeros...