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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon, IBM settle patent lawsuit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon, IBM settle patent lawsuitIBM is usurping the patent officeIBM brags about the number of patents it files implying technical innovativeness. Granted that IBM does world-class research, but that is distinct from its patent primacy.  The sheer number of patents its legal factory produces does not reflect a need...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 13:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon hits back at IBM over patents]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon hits back at IBM over patentsTransparent litigation ployFrom my dealings with Oracle, Amazon apparently has long used IBM's Websphere tools in building its Online foundation, in spite of using Oracle's DBMS. Of course I can not confirm that Amazon.com uses either Oracle or Websphere as tools. These are trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:02:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why IBM's patent suit against Amazon could be bad news for the entire Web]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why IBM's patent suit against Amazon could be bad news for the entire WebI kind of wonder.Not that I really trust IBM but this does seem kind of out of character with their other behavior of late.  Could this be IBM's way of trying to get the idea of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM: Amazon violates our patents]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM: Amazon violates our patentsbad PR for IBMIBM should stay away from suing companies over patents on one hand and supporting GPL on the other hand.You can not serve two incompatible Gods!YawnAnother example of why software patents should not be allowed, but I don't really feel sorry for Amazon, since...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forward]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forwardHey, does anyone know what the patents are?I'm just curious.Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forwardGo Blockbuser Go!NetFlix SucksWe switched from NetFlix to Blockbuster because NetFlix pentalizes heavy users of their service. They use their software to slow shipping to heavy users of new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon prepares for online taxes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon prepares for online taxesThe day I pay taxes online......The day I pay taxes online is the day I stop shopping online.Benjamin Franklin said:"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes"Famous quote by Benjamin Franklin, one of the forefathers of the United States... which broke away from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obstacles ahead for Amazon's 1-Click checkout?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obstacles ahead for Amazon's 1-Click checkout?Ten minute patent, 10 year court case"Jan Conlin, the attorney for IPXL, on Tuesday urged a three-judge panel at the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit to overturn the lower court's decision"This will no doubt end up as another 10 man years of work...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:36:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon pays $40 million to settle patent dispute]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon pays $40 million to settle patent disputeAmazon could have saved that$40,000,000.00 if they had just helped defeat the idea of software patents a long time ago.I wonder if the "single click buy" was worth it?1982 Minitelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel"Since its early days, users could make online purchases, make train reservations, check stock...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:09:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon files for Web services patent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon files for Web services patentMay I patent the idea of reading this story?Makes as much sense.This whole patent thing is out of control.Next: Amazon patents method for exchanging money online for goods/servicesI, for one, welcome our new Economic Overlords.I'm sure this patent will go through too. @#$%!ing USPTO. It's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Amazon countersues Cendant]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon countersues CendantMove to EuropeAmazons patent is junk, read  6,029,141, its about quoting card number *******1234 (only showing a subset of credit card numbers to stop the credit card number being stolen, obvious non invention done often before the patent was applied for).If Cendent were European without a US...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
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