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Amazon Sues
B&N
Amazon.com
files a lawsuit against one of its top competetors saying that they copied
some of amazon technology. The case was filed thursday at US District
Court in Seattle.
"We spent thousands of hours to develop our 1-Click process, and
the reason we have a patent system in this country is to encourage people to
take these kinds of risks and make these kinds of investments for
customers," Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said in a press release.
A few hours later, barnesandnoble.com responds:
"The lawsuit brought against us by one of our e-commerce competitors
is a desperate attempt to retaliate for our growing market share. We believe
the allegations to be completely without merit and we will vigorously defend
our position.
"However, we are pleased to note that they spelled our name
correctly in a press release announcing the lawsuit. In fact, traffic to our
Web site was up substantially today because of the publicity. We thank our
competitor for the incremental sales."
Amazon claims that in May 1998, Barnesandnoble copied Amazon's 1-Click
online shopping technology (US Patent No. 5,960,411), changed the name to
Express Lane, and added it on their Web site.
Bad Mac News!
Macintosh Computers sell slower
chip from Motorola in the new (supposeably speedy) G4 Processor.
MP3 Mad!
MP3 is the number 1 search
query on the web! A recent report by Jupiter Communications estimates
that by 2003, 33 million web users will purchase music online!
Priceline.com Sues
Microsoft
The travel
company is suing Microsoft over a new "name your price" service
the software giant introduced recently on its Expedia travel site.
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