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Amazon.com v. Canada

Amazon's One-Click Feature

In an important decision for those interested in perusing patent protection in Canada, the the Federal Court of Canada reversed a decision by the Canadian Patent Office that business methods represent unpatentable subject matter.

The decision concerned Amazon.com’s famous one-click method for paying for items in an online shopping cart (see above).  This patent was issued in the United States (and later was reissued after being challenged by a third party).  (Interestingly, in Europe, Amazon filed a patent application for the one-click invention and it was considered to represent patentable subject matter.  The European patent application was rejected on other grounds).

Amazon v. Canada (2010 FC 1011) can be accessed here.