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Re:EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout by corin_ on Friday July 22, 2011 @08:58AM (#2793300)
What I find most depressing is that you hear such moronic examples of patents that on reading this title a tiny part of me was thinking "well.. maybe..".

Not sure if that says more about the patents system or my awakeness, I hope the former.

Re:EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout by DNeb on Friday July 22, 2011 @10:42AM (#2793710)
I was hoping they really did it just to show how rediculous the patent situation has gotten.
Re:EBay Patents 10-Click Checkout by cube13 on Friday July 22, 2011 @10:58AM (#2793777)
To be fair, it's completely non-obvious, and innovative.

Mostly because nobody in their right mind would consider that many steps to be a good thing, but still...