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Many of the claims of the patent have been overturned. The interesting part is the legal way that this was accomplished. Instead of using lawyers, the person responsible here (who was mad at amazon for slow deliveries of a book) paid for the USPTO to reexamine the patent with new evidence of prior art submitted. Here is the post of the person claiming victory over amazon:

http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com/2007/10/amazon-one-click-patent-...

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If you look at the Patent Office record, you will find that the patent was ultimately upheld, with a few wording changes. The blog post refers to the Patent Office's initial opinion (called a "non-final Office Action"), not the final decision.

Here's a post from the same person, discussing the final result:

http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-click-patent-reexami...

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