21 May
2006
21 May
'06
11:05 a.m.
Amazon's "one-click" patent reconsidered
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060519-6872.html
"Intriguing news comes from the weird world of patents today with the
announcement that Amazon's "one-click" payment patent will be
reexamined by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). What makes
this reexamination so interesting is that it was not filed by one of
Amazon's business competitors or by a non-profit like the EFF (which
had the patent on a shortlist of "problem patents" a few years back),
but from a New Zealand actor best known for doing motion capture
work on the Lord of the Rings films."
Symantec attempts to halt Vista with lawsuit
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060519-6871.html
"The road to Vista has been anything but a smooth one for Microsoft.
Most of the difficulties Microsoft has faced so far have been
technical in nature. Symantec is attempting to throw up a legal
barrier in front of the software giant, accusing it in court of
misusing intellectual property and violating a license agreement.
Symantec is seeking financial damages, an injunction against the sale
and shipment of both Vista and Longhorn server, and a recall of
Windows versions currently on the market that allegedly infringe
against Symantec's IP."
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much
liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
-Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US president, architect and author (1743-1826)
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Serge Marelli, Luxembourg
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