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Which patent did amazon need to "maintain their dominance"? Did they patent customer service?
by smokeyj 14y ago
Which patent did amazon need to "maintain their dominance"? Did they patent customer service?
- GFischer 14y agoThey used the One-Click patent against their then biggest rival Barnes & Noble http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click Several organizations have boycotted Amazon for that: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html
- smokeyj 14y agoThats pretty low, but only reinforces the notions that IP is bad for consumers.
- Shamanmuni 14y ago1-Click purchases, which is close in ridiculousness. Buying stuff online clicking once was such an outstanding innovation that it surely deserved protection from all those thieves who never could have figured that out by themselves...