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Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:35:36 EST
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Jim writes:

> "Returning customers can buy a book from Amazon.com with a single mouse
>  click now that the retail giant automatically retrieves a name, address and
>  credit card number.
>
>  Yet other sites that try one-click shopping could land in court: Amazon has
>  a patent on the procedure. "

That's true. The judge in the case ruled that Amazon patent stands -- and
that all other web sites who want to use the same technique have to make
their users click twice.

Wirt Atmar

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