Google Patent Proposes $2 Fee To Skip Commercials
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Tuesday, 5 October 2010 08:00
theodp writes “A day after Google debuted its new Google TV website, the USPTO issued U.S. Patent No. 7,806,329 to thegiant for its Targeted Video Advertising invention. Among other things, the patent proposes having viewers take 5-10 minutes to ‘fill
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USPTO Lets Amazon Patent the “Social Networking System”
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:20 Written by External Post Thursday, 17 June 2010 05:20
theodp writes ‘After shelling out a reported $90 million to buy PlanetAll in 1998, Amazon shuttered the site in 2000, explaining that ‘it seemed really superfluous to have it running beside Friends and Favorites.’ But years later in a 2008 patent filing,
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Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:30 Written by External Post Thursday, 11 March 2010 12:30
Zordak writes ‘Amazon’s infamous ’1-click’ patent has been in reexamination at the USPTO for almost four years. Patently-O now reports that ‘the USPTO confirmed the patentability of original claims 6-10 and amended claims 1-5 and 11-26. The approved-of
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