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IBM hasn't gotten the patent yet. It's been filed, but doesn't appear to have been awarded yet. I'm divided over this. On one hand, it's a bullshit patent th
by cube13 15y ago
IBM hasn't gotten the patent yet. It's been filed, but doesn't appear to have been awarded yet.
I'm divided over this. On one hand, it's a bullshit patent that shouldn't be awarded to them, like all business process patents. So getting the patent would be a pretty bad thing.
On the other hand, it would destroy the entire patent troll industry, especially if IBM used it offensively. That would be a great thing.
- powertower 15y agoI think the prior art would rule this one null and void.
- stcredzero 15y agoAnd yet, what does the data say about US patents and prior art? It says: We developers are #^¢&ed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click
- powertower 15y agoThe 1-click was granted in 1999, which I can't remember anyone doing for shopping carts back then. 1999 was still the hay days of the internet and merchants weren’t really making the checkout/buy process easy. The 1-click is a good example of maybe an obvious method being patented rather than ignoring prior art.