Amazon hit by 'shopping cart' patents lawsuit
News The Open Market 'shopping cart' patents were heavily criticised when they were granted, both because of claims from other companies such as NetMarket that they had demonstrated the techniques previously and because of general controversy as to...
[February 26, 2004, 12:40]
Amazon hit by 'shopping cart' patents lawsuit
Talkback Unless the stupid patent system is changed, any sort of innovation or even the use of easily understood processes, will be fodder for the evil "patent enforcement" companies. Blah.
[February 26, 2004, 18:22]
Actor dispatches Amazon's 1-Click patent
News Amazon could still have patent rights on one-click systems that use a shopping cart however, says Out-Law.com, as none of Calveley's list of prior art included a cart. In its decision, dated 26 September, the three-judge panel reversed an earlier...
[October 19, 2007, 17:21]
Amazon spends $40m to make patent case go away
News Another Soverain patent involves an Internet sales system with a virtual interactive "shopping cart", which includes technology to authenticate a buyer's identity and process payments automatically. Soverain had alleged that Amazon and Gap...
[August 12, 2005, 9:45]
Amazon patents gender stereotyping
News Amazon has itself been sued over "shopping cart" patents issued in 1998. Patents on pure software and business processes (or the idea of writing software that supposes girls may like dolls) are currently not enforceable in Europe, but a draft...
[March 9, 2005, 14:40]
Patent claim threatens streaming industry
News Another company says it has rights to the e-commerce site staple known as the shopping cart. Michael Roe, proprietor of the small RadioIO Webcasting station, got a surprise FedEx package this week, containing a notification that he was violating...
[February 6, 2003, 12:26]
F5 Networks files cookie patent suit
News Information such as shopping cart contents is often stored in files called "cookies" on desktop computers; F5 was awarded a patent that lets a Web traffic management device reunite a desktop computer with a particular server if the desktop...
[March 24, 2003, 10:30]
