Amazon successfully blackmailed out of $40M

Soverain Software of Chicago, IL successfully blackmailed Amazon out of $40M using patents originally owned by OpenMarket, one of the many companies ruined by divine (*spit*). Soverain Software bought the patents from divine in a bankruptcy sale.

Soverain Software is run by a former divine Sr VP Katharine Wolanyk. I'm sure she learned the "ethics" of eCommerce at divine and is continuing the "good" work at Soverain Software.

OpenMarket owned several eCommerce patents most of which fall into the "so obvious I could design and code it, bug-free, in 2 hours"-category.

-TPP