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Re: Amazon-Patent

>>>>> Patrick Goltzsch writes:

    > Eingereicht: September 12, 1997 
    > Erteilt: September 28, 1999 
    > Klage: ?

Klage: 1999-10-20

Das Fragezeichen beantwortet 
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/press-releases/judge-protects-1-click.html

> FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE ACTS TO PROTECT AMAZON.COM'S PATENTED
> 1-CLICK(R) TECHNOLOGY; BARS ONLINE COMPETITOR FROM
> INFRINGING ON IT
> 
> SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-Dec. 2, 1999--A federal district
> judge has granted leading online retailer Amazon.com a
> preliminary injunction protecting its patented 1-Click(R)
> technology and barring an online competitor from copying it.
> 
> U.S. District Court Judge Marsha J. Pechman's preliminary
> injunction, issued late Wednesday, bars barnesandnoble.com
> from using its copycat version of 1-Click(R) technology
> while the lawsuit is pending. Amazon.com (www.amazon.com)
> filed suit Oct. 20, saying the defendant had illegally
> copied Amazon.com's innovative, patented 1-Click(R)
> technology, which makes online shopping as easy as a click
> of the mouse button.
> 
> First made available to Amazon.com customers in September
> 1997, the 1-Click(R) feature securely stores billing and
> shipping information so that returning customers need only
> click their mouse once, without re-entering or re-confirming
> that information, to purchase selected items
> conveniently. In recognition of the innovative and unique
> nature of the 1-Click(R) technology, the U.S. Patent Office
> awarded Patent No. 5,960,411 to Amazon.com on September 28,
> 1999.
> 
> "We're pleased that Judge Pechman recognized the innovation
> underlying our 1-Click feature," said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com
> founder and CEO. "The patent system is designed to encourage
> innovation on behalf of customers, and in 1997, this was a
> significant step forward for online shoppers that required
> thousands of hours of effort."
> 
> About Amazon.com, Inc.
> [..]

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