The Grinch Who Patented Christmas 207
theodp writes "The USPTO has reversed its earlier rejection and notified Amazon that the patent application for CEO Jeff Bezos' invention, Coordinating Delivery of a Gift, has been examined and is allowed for issuance as a patent. BTW, Amazon was represented before the USPTO by Perkins Coie, who also supplied Bezos with legal muscle in his personal fight against zoning laws that threatened to curb the size of his Medina mansion (reg.) before the City of Medina eventually gave up on regulating the size of homes (reg.)."
Next up... (Score:4, Funny)
The zoning laws (Score:4, Funny)
Oh great... (Score:2, Funny)
Bwahahahaha! (Score:3, Funny)
Things are heating up! [whattofix.com]
Entrapment (Score:5, Funny)
Undercover patent police: "Melbourne"
Seller: "That's in Australia isn't it?"
UPP: "I'm really not sure..."
Seller: "Okay, I'll just check on the map..."
UPP: "Got you, you evil evil patent infringer."
hardwood (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Return of the classic (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, the Stalin defense isn't as bad as Amazon's One Click Patent, therefore the Stalin defense is good in every possible way!
Re:Next up... (Score:5, Funny)
Can't we do both?
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Very Appropriate Sig (Score:5, Funny)
What we need is either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Re:Entrapment (Score:5, Funny)
I grabed my binoculars to see what's the matter.
A bunch of gov agents, dressed in blue and in white,
Wrangled that criminal and locked him up tight.
"What's happinging to me, what wrong did I do?"
In IP-law America, patents file you!
Re:Move to Mexico (Score:3, Funny)
You can only patent new things. If you can come up with a business method that isn't used yet, you may be able to patent it.