From sf@fermigier.com Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:38:36 +0100
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:38:36 +0100
From: Stefane Fermigier sf@fermigier.com
Subject: [Patents] Amazon.

Amazon's patents hurt technology

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20000315/news/current/rebecca.htx

While Bezos might win this battle, he should and will lose the war. His
decision to patent, then enforce, innovations for which patents should
never have been issued might have been legal, but it was bad for business
-- both his own and business online in general.


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