5-31-2012
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Amazon gets Electronic Gifting Patent
"Simply giving your mother an e-book for her birthday could constitute patent infringement now that the USPTO's gone and awarded Amazon.com a patent on the 'Electronic Gifting' of items such as music, movies, television programs, games, or books.
The patent may be of concern to Facebook, which just dropped a reported $80 million on social gift-giving app maker Karma Science."
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05...m_campaign=Feed:+Slashdot/slashdot+(Slashdot)
Amazon gets Electronic Gifting Patent
"Simply giving your mother an e-book for her birthday could constitute patent infringement now that the USPTO's gone and awarded Amazon.com a patent on the 'Electronic Gifting' of items such as music, movies, television programs, games, or books.
The patent may be of concern to Facebook, which just dropped a reported $80 million on social gift-giving app maker Karma Science."