According to Out-Law.com the Canadian Patent Office has just granted online retail giant Amazon a patent for a 'one-click' payment method for processing transactions (applying to customers who have already made payments via the site). Amazon was granted the patent following an intense legal battle in the country and despite the fact the payment system was deemed unpatentable by the European Patent Office (EPO) last year.

The Canadian Commissioner of Patents had previously determined that Amazon's 'one-click' system was not patentable because it did not constitute an 'invention' under the definition of the word in Canadian patent law. However, Amazon successfully appealed and in a Federal [...]

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