[ILUG] Amazon.com patent lawsuit

[Kenn Humborg]

Due to the current Amazon.com patent infringement lawsuit
regarding one-click ordering, I am suspending all my
purchasing at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (account name
kenn at iol.ie) and will be asking my employer to do the same.

http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/KevinLyda/KevinLyda6.html
explains how I feel better than I can write myself.

I hope that you will reconsider trying to enforce a patent
for such an obvious feature.

In fact, I suggested a feature to amazon.com almost two years
ago which you implemented a few months later (messages
included below).  Perhaps I should have patented it?  

Regards,
Kenn


> -----Original Message-----
> From: feedback at amazon.com [mailto:feedback at amazon.com]
> Sent: 15 April 1998 08:49
> To: Kenn Humborg
> Subject: Amazon.com, re: Past purchases recommendations
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Ken,
> 
> Thanks for writing in with your compliment.  We're glad to hear that
> you've been enjoying your experience at Amazon.com, and we appreciate
> that you took the time to share it with us.
> 
> I agree with your comments concerning our recommendations feature.
> I've passed a copy of your message on to the appropriate department in
> our organization for consideration.  We truly value this kind of
> customer feedback, as it helps further our development efforts.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Carol Makela
> Amazon.com
> http://www.amazon.com/
> ______________________________________________________________________
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>   >Subject: Past purchases recommendations
>   >To: feedback at amazon.com
>   >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I)
>   >From: Kenn Humborg <kenn at bluetree.ie>
>   >Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 12:34:27 +0100
>   >
>   >Hi,
>   >
>   >First off, I'm a very happy customer.  Amazon.com should be a
>   >case study in how to do a web site right.  Other webmasters would
>   >do well to take a good look at it.
>   >
>   >However, I have a suggestion.  The past purchases recommendations
>   >feature is one of the coolest features of the site.  Obviously, 
>   >it does not recommend books that I've already bought through 
>   >Amazon.com.  However, it recommends many books that I already have.
>   >It would be really nice if I could say 'I've already got this,
>   >don't recommend it again'.
>   >
>   >Of course, this is not a simple, quick tweak, but you might not
>   >have thought of it, so I thought I'd mention it.
>   >
>   >Again, thanks for providing such a cool site and good service.
>   >
>   >Kenn
>   >kenn at iol.ie, kenn at bluetree.ie
>   >
>