Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble.com, Inc.
2001 U.S. Federal Court Case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon. com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble. com, Inc., 337 F.3d 1024 (Fed. Cir., 2001), was a court ruling at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.[1] The ruling was an important early cyberlaw precedent on the matter of the technologies that enable e-commerce and whether such technologies are eligible for patent protection.
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Amazon. com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble. com, Inc. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
Decided | February 14, 2001 |
Citation | 239 F.3d 1343 |
Holding | |
Designs for check-out systems at e-commerce sites are eligible for patent protection, but infringement claims against competitors require evidence of obviousness and prior art. | |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Raymond C. Clevenger, Arthur J. Gajarsa, Richard Linn |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Raymond C. Clevenger |
Keywords | |
patent law. e-commerce |
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