[LINK] Telstra scores patent win over Amazon

[Birch, Jim]

Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> Telstra has won a marathon court battle against Amazon in a Canberra
patents court over the legitimacy of its "1-click buy" patent, a method
of purchase that speeds up customer transactions.

I can't believe that this patent ever passed the "non-obvious" test for
anyone anywhere.  Pure rent seeking. 

- Jim



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