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Apple, Starbucks sued over iTunes promotion cards

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Apple Corporate , iTS , iTunes AppleInsider is reporting that Apple and Starbucks are being sued because of their recent iTunes promotion cards James and Marguerite Driessen claim to hold a patent on, what they call "RPOS (or retail point of sale for online merchandising) The patent in question allows customers to buy a gift card from brick-and-mortar stores and then go home and redeem the card online However, Apple has an excuse, because while the Driessens

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4 responses

todd Feb 24, 2008

Sigh. More patent insanity.
todd Feb 24, 2008

I've got a business methods patent on the following procedure: 1) acquire an inane business methods patent; 2) find someone doing anything vaguely similar; 3) sue them for infringing on my business methods patent.
todd Feb 24, 2008

I'll be filing suit against James and Marguerite Driessen for violating this business methods patent shortly
David S. Feb 25, 2008

Sorry, buddy, I have a patent on 1+2+3 as described above except where you say "insane" I say "wacky". Be prepared to pay over!