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EBay Subject of Patent Action

Posted by timothy on from the think-thunk-sue dept.

spatrick_123 writes "Yahoo! is reporting that a man named Bill Simon is pursuing action against EBay, claiming that he hold patents on essentially every aspect of their operation. Whether or not this is a precedent setting case, it is certainly a large one in terms of what is at stake financially and it will be interesting to watch it play out."

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  1. MAC USERS!!! BOREDGAMER.COM!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t. That means, No Text. You can all go to bloody hell. Especially you, Trebek!!

  2. Slashdot desparate - news that's boring & usel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Man, we are desparate for articles, aren't we?

  3. MOD DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent down. This is not 4 points worth of funny. Apparantly someone has 3 friends with mod points.

    1. Re:MOD DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Eat shit and die, you walking clusterfuck.

  4. Re:Christ.... by Order · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seattle is a city, genius.

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    I am a genius; therefore, you suck.
  5. That's it... by ebbomega · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm patenting the fucking question mark. I don't care people have failed before, but these days it seems like I might actually be able to get away with it....

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  6. All your auctions are belong to us. by MjDascombe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry

  7. all your patents belong... by hatchet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I patented a patent and patenting. All your patents belong to me. What about that ha?