You already know how this story ends: Amazon gets U.S. Patent No. 8,676,045 on taking a photograph of an object in front of a white background. The headline “Amazon Patents White-Background ...

The retailer has been awarded a patent for taking photos on a white background - a process that has been carried out since cameras were invented. Its filing even details the best way to set up ...

has taken nearly 10,000 images of around 480 different animal species in an attempt to create the largest collection of animals photographed in front of a white background by a single photographer ...