Barnes & Noble Challenge 1-Click Preliminary Injunction
Patents
10/3/2000; 12:17:52 PM 'Amazon.com Inc.'s fight to bar rival Barnes&Noble.com Inc. from using a patented single-click online purchasing method goes before a federal appeals court, which will hear arguments today in a case that could shape the future of Internet business.'

Slashdot's coverage includes some insightful comments, including one person pointing out that this is not a challenge to the patent directly, but a challenge to the preliminary finding in favor's of Amazon's suit to stop B&N from using "one-click" shopping, which the story does not make clear.