http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5829193.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed
How did this patent idea EVER get patented? Where's “prior art” in this case? Why did Amazon pay $40 million? You mean the court costs against this OBSURD patent were estimated to be MORE than $40 million?
So is it time to start patenting clickable buttons on an virtual device? Maybe I can get several hundred thousand dollars for something that is not new, has been around for years now.
This is scary. I have a project that it might impact... does this mean I have to license the patent idea from them? Seriously, I'm becoming very worried about even writing software. Who's gonna patent “Out of band communications between a Web Application on a client computer and a Web Service on a remote server via a public packet switch network.” Maybe I should... man there's a lot of people I could sue after getting that patent.
Show me the money baby!