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tempodox on June 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall aft...

If that stuff is so important and unique, why don't they just patent it? Didn't they get a one-click purchase button patented?

ciarannolan on June 9, 2020 [–]

Because you can't patent "product plans, priorities, and competitive strategy", yet it is still extremely valuable.

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