Amazon.com has patented online discussions

Rubberanvil · Post by **Rubberanvil** » 2003-02-27 01:36am

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

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-02-27 01:38am

Edit your link so it doesn't fuck up the board format.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-27 01:39am

Hmm, it seems to refer to a retail environment in the claims section.

And dude, do something about the link.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-02-27 02:39am

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.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-27 04:49am

Jesus dude, dress the link then. There's a post about it in the board policy announcement. Go read it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-27 04:37pm

Two words: prior art.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-27 04:54pm

See, this is why I dislike patents.

Rubberanvil · Post by **Rubberanvil** » 2003-02-27 05:39pm

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

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-02-27 06:53pm

fixed the link.

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-27 11:20pm

What amazing new tech will Amazon come out with next? Using tape drives to back data up?

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-28 04:26am

WTF?! Is that legal?

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-28 04:34am

Pcm979 wrote:WTF?! Is that legal?

Not really, but nobody checkes to see if the idea is in use.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-28 04:39am

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*

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-28 05:11am

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...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-28 05:11am

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.

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2003-02-28 05:30am

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...

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-02-28 05:40am

Hm, reminds me of the Onion article where Microsoft patented ones and zeros...