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- From: Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr
- Subject: [Patents] Re: [Patents] EPO has granted Amazon 1-click Patent
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:34:06 +0100
the documents I have seen in PDF are applications
Are you sure it has been granted ?
Bernard
see:
http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/viewer?PN=WO9913424&CY=lu&LG=fr&DB=EPD
http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/bns.pdf?CY=lu&LG=fr&PN=EP0902381&ID=EP+++0902381A2+I+&PG=1
http://l2.espacenet.com/dips/bns.pdf?CY=lu&LG=fr&PN=WO9913424&ID=WO+++9913424A1+I+&PG=1
Bernard
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 01:18:22PM +0100, Jean-Paul Smets wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is incredible for me and just shows how far the EPO (European Patent
> Office) is going
> in terms of biased and perverse interpretation of the Law.
>
> The EPO granted a patent (EP0902381) on "a method and system for placing an
> order to
> purchase an item via the Internet" which is actually the 1-click Amazon
> patent.
>
> The Munich convention clearly states that :
> - programmes as such are not patentable
> - business methods as such are not patentable
> - mental acts as such are not patentable
> - etc.
>
> Of course, things are formally written to show that it is an invention
> which is new,
> technical solution of a technical problem and with industrial application.
> But any judge
> understands that the only innovativity in this patent is purely related to
> a business
> method or to a non technical programme. This is really the kind of patent
> that should be
> considered as an abuse of the law.
>
> The EPO has now really gone too far. Anyone know how to sue them ?
>
> JPS.
>
>
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