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James Robertson

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IBM vs. Amazon Posted: Oct 28, 2006 8:07 AM
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Patrick Logan is unhappy with the IBM vs. Amazon ad suit, and quotes David Berlind, who thinks it could be a disaster:

IBM's patent infringement suit against Amazon is the equivalent of Big Blue saying "Excuse me everyone, we've got something very important to say." Very important indeed if you own or operate a Web site with advertisements on it.

Now, I don't like software patents, but I did hear something about this one yesterday. Apparently, IBM has two things going for it:

  • The patent dates back to the 80's with Prodigy
  • Just about every other entity IBM has approached has paid a license fee - Amazon told them to go stick it.

I'd be more willing to cheer Amazon's stance if they weren't holding the asinine "one click" patent.

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