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eBay guilty Of Patent Infringement, Ordered To Pay

Posted by timothy on from the cure-worse-than-disease dept.

theodp writes "Remember that patent infringement lawsuit brought against eBay? A U.S. District Court jury just ordered the online auction house to pay $35 million for infringing on patents for programs and procedures to operate an Internet-based auction."

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  1. Re:From the Article by secolactico · · Score: 3, Funny

    The article doesn't detail what the other two patents

    One of the others is the "Buy Now" button. How can this be pattented is beyond me, tho (i guess some brick-a-brack behind the scenes (I always wanted to use the "brick-a-brack" expression)).

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  2. Re:From the Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you would have got away with it too, if it hadn't been for those pesky ks.

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