[LINK] Telstra scores patent win over Amazon

[Philip Argy]

The 'win' in the Patent Office (not a court) doesn't give Telstra freedom to
operate, and Amazon has 60 days to modify its patent to salvage the valid
claims - a relatively straight forward exercise which will still leave it
with a broader patent here than anywhere else including USA.  

I'd be a little more circumspect before claiming a commercial 'win', even
though Telstra's application to invalidate Amazon's 141 patent claims was
technically upheld in respect of around 60 of them.

Philip

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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