The online book-and-whatever-else store was soundly mocked for asserting its "1-click" patent. Now it is being sued by someone else claiming a prior patent on single-button ordering. SAN FRANCISCO — ...

Retailers have perfected the art of making you spend money you didn't plan to. From Amazon Prime's one-click ordering to urgent "limited-time" messages, these tactics exploit psychological triggers ...

Story<BR><BR>The USPTO agrees to reexamine the (in)famous Amazon.com one-click patent after a New Zealand actor got upset over slow book delivery and began a quest to overturn the patent for revenge.

No longer content with making set-top boxes, tablets, and smartphones, Amazon is investing heavily in developing even more consumer electronics hardware. Rumor has it that Amazon's secretive Lab126 is ...