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Come one, come all for the fast jokes.

But seriously, I wonder if they had to pay Amazon; wasn't there a patent on one-click checkout? Looks like there was some back and forth but if it is in a cart, Amazon has it patented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Click



Patents are valid for 20 years, the patent for 1-click expired in 2019.

Huh, nope 2017? https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-patent-on-one-click-...


I have no idea about the US patent system. But it sounds so weird to me that only Amazon could do this for 20 years. It seems like a simple feature to implement for any e-commerce platform.

Did this patent apply also for non US companies?


The government/patent system had no idea what to do with software patents in 1997 and were pretty, uh, liberal with them for a while.


Expired in 2017 which led to the recent rise of one-click checkout startups




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