Kirkland & Ellis release: Amazon.com Wins Summary Judgment in Patent Infringement Suit

Amazon successfully defended its silly "one-click" patent against an even sillier claim by IPXL Holdings LLC that a patent IPXL holds pre-empts the one-click "technology." Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled summarily in Amazon's favor, agreeing with the e-commerce giant's contention that its system applied to commerce transactions and not the funds transfers more relevant to IPXL's patent. This ruling did not - nor any previous one - comment on whether or not Amazon's patent meets the standard of non-obviousness required for all patents. To date, legal actions getting close to that stage have been settled.