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Amazon Patents Electronic Gifting 164

Posted by samzenpus
from the all-your-gifts-are-belong-to-us dept.
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."
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Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

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