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Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 31, 2012 @07:09AM
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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Re:This is an outrage (Score:5, Funny)

by Custard Horse (1527495) writes: on Thursday May 31, 2012 @07:39AM (#40165333)

Nice retort. You are truly gifted.

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Dan Brown e-book (Score:5, Funny)

by ciderbrew (1860166) writes: on Thursday May 31, 2012 @07:44AM (#40165367)

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.

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Re:guaranteed profit (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday May 31, 2012 @07:51AM (#40165439)

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

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Re:Prior Art (Score:4, Funny)

by NEDHead (1651195) writes: on Thursday May 31, 2012 @08:16AM (#40165631)

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.

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