Amazon Patents Electronic Gifting

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Submission + - Amazon Patents Electronic Gifting

Submitted by theodp on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @10:51PM

theodp writes: 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. BusinessInsider speculates that the patent may be of concern to Facebook, which just dropped a reported $80 million on social gift-giving app maker Karma Science.

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