Amazon Patents Electronic Gifting

theodp writes "Simply giving your mother an e-book for her birthday could constitute patent infringement now that the USPTO's gone and awarded Amazon.com a patent on the 'Electronic Gifting' of items such as music, movies, television programs, games, or books. BusinessInsider speculates that the patent may be of concern to Facebook, which just dropped a reported $80 million on social gift-giving app maker Karma Science."

Re:This is an outrage

[Custard Horse]

Nice retort. You are truly gifted.

Dan Brown e-book

[ciderbrew]

A Dan Brown [ or Insert your own Author here ] e-book would be a punishment and not a gift. I call patent for punishment e-book giving.

Re:guaranteed profit

[Anonymous Coward]

well you sir are infringing on my patent on electronic numbered lists that end with the word "profit"!

Re:Prior Art

[NEDHead]

Seriously? Not law school? My parents are going to kick me out of the basement if they figure out I'm not down here studying.