Amazon Goes Web 2.0 Wild to Defend 1-Click Patent

theodp writes "Six years ago, Jeff Bezos and Tim O'Reilly urged the masses to give-patent-reform-a-chance as Richard Stallman called for an Amazon boycott. On Monday, the pair will reunite to kick off O'Reilly's new Amazon-sponsored Web 2.0 Expo with A Conversation with Jeff Bezos. Be interesting if the conversation turned to Amazon's ongoing battle against an actor's effort to topple Bezos' 1-Click patent, which The Register notes included dumping 58 lbs. of paperwork on the patent examiner, including dozens of articles from the oh-so-Web-2.0 Wikipedia, which the USPTO had already deemed an un acceptable source of information ('From a legal point of view, a Wiki citation is toilet paper,' quipped patent expert Greg Aharonian)."

Caution on /.'s part

[Anonymous Coward]

I got "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

I guess /. is disabling their one-click "Read More" links.

A quote for the ages

[$RANDOMLUSER]

'From a legal^W any point of view, a Wiki citation is toilet paper,'

What

[Mipoti Gusundar]

What is toilet paper?

From a legal point of view

[mixnblend]

From a legal point of view, a Wiki citation is toilet paper

does that make the one click patent the excrement in this little analogy then?

Re:A quote for the ages

[cyphercell]

Actually, in debate, I am often very pleased when my opponent relies heavily on wikipedia, it's like shooting fish in the frozen food section.

Re:I don't quite get it...

[MrBugSentry]

A writeup that is totally inaccurate and furthers an agenda unrelated to the original article? On Slashdot??

Re:A quote for the ages

[nine-times]

Anyone who reviews my post history or goosles me, and digs a little will find that I'm not exactly a proponent of wikipedia.

Dude, I have no intention of goosling you. The only person I goosle is my wife.

Re:A quote for the ages

[Thexare Blademoon]

So that's where all those holes in the bags of french fries came from!

Re:What

[eln]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper [wikipedia.org]

Re:A quote for the ages

[boredguru]

'From a legal^W any point of view, a Wiki citation is toilet paper,'

So it it worth more than a SCO stock?

Re:A quote for the ages

[cyphercell]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate#Online_debatin g [wikipedia.org]

Oh, the irony, I'm replying with a link to wikipedia (grins wolfishly).