When will the 2 click method be patented, then 3 and so on. How many clicks will it take in the future to get out of the patentable clicks? > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Phillips [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 12:55 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: More Patent Nonsense > > Here's some more patent nonsense from: > > http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?categoryid=&only=y&bfromin > d= > 901&eetype=article&render=y&eeid=1522363 > > which says in part: > > "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. " > > > > Jim Phillips Information Systems Manager > Voice: 915-860-9933 Therm-O-Link, Inc. > Fax: 915-860-9936 1295 Henry Brennan > Email: El Paso, TX 79936 > [log in to unmask] > > Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer, my friends, > my > relatives, or anybody else for that matter, including me.