Amazon Has Pretty Much Just Patented Photography, So Stop Taking Pictures Right Now
Oh hello, gentle readers. Do you run an Etsy store? Have you ever sold A Thing on Ebay and taken a picture of it against a white backdrop? Are you a professional photographer? Well, shut that down, son, because Amazon owns the patent on the ubiquitous object-against-white-screen photo that is a staple of product photography everywhere.
I am not really sure how to tag this other than a big #fail for the USPTO, or a huge Kudos for Amazon’s IP attorneys. In a patent simply called Studio arrangement Amazon took IP ownership on what we all call shooting against a seamless white backdrop.
Amazon has patented a photographic technique that pre-dates Amazon? How does THAT work?
Amazon! Where's my damned drone-delivery pizza?