Comments on: Amazon patent foiled by lone gunman http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Leigh http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335314 Leigh Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:45:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335314 Because I was focused on my $10 Mathew....duh…. (which i am happy to say after email number 20, they decided to make an exception and give back to me) Because I was focused on my $10 Mathew….duh….
(which i am happy to say after email number 20, they decided to make an exception and give back to me)

]]> By: Bob Warfield http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335313 Bob Warfield Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:37:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335313 Fabulous story! I had no sooner finished ranting about Google's frivolous search widget patent and using Amazon's 1-click as an example than I heard about this on ycombinator: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/google-patents-search-engine-partnerships-and-my-idea-doh/ I think patents should be at least partially a function of the cost of developing the idea and less a function of who happened to slam an application through on an obvious idea soonest. Fabulous story! I had no sooner finished ranting about Google’s frivolous search widget patent and using Amazon’s 1-click as an example than I heard about this on ycombinator:

http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/google-patents-search-engine-partnerships-and-my-idea-doh/

I think patents should be at least partially a function of the cost of developing the idea and less a function of who happened to slam an application through on an obvious idea soonest.

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335309 Mathew Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:57:51 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335309 So why didn't you get to work and crack their patent, Leigh? :-) So why didn’t you get to work and crack their patent, Leigh? :-)

]]> By: Leigh http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335308 Leigh Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:54:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/10/17/amazon-patent-foiled-by-lone-gunman/#comment-335308 "Fueled by an unsatisfactory experience buying something on the website" Ha! For any clients that think one customer can't make a difference in their lives. I wonder if he got the same ditsy customer service agent that I did when i started my "give leigh her 10$ back Amazon.com" campaign years ago? “Fueled by an unsatisfactory experience buying something on the website”

Ha! For any clients that think one customer can’t make a difference in their lives. I wonder if he got the same ditsy customer service agent that I did when i started my “give leigh her 10$ back Amazon.com” campaign years ago?

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