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Online Auction Industry In A State Of Limbo

Posted by michael on from the buy-limbo-now-for-$9.99 dept.

theodp writes "It seems the online auction industry is in a state of limbo after last week's ruling that eBay violated patents belonging to MercExchange. MercExchange said it will file an injunction against eBay to keep them from using the technology, eBay said it will file motions to overturn the verdict, and MercExchange is ultimately looking to sell its entire portfolio of auction-related patents. Names being bandied about as possible acquirers include Amazon, Yahoo and eBay itself. Whoever holds the patents may require other sites to pay them licensing royalties."

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  1. Re:Is this why... by cmason32 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Your anecdotal experience may intriguing, but it is really no basis for making such a broad judgment.

    My goal isn't to change the perception of lawyers. But, if people want to really address why our legal system is in its current state, more than blaming the lawyers will have to take place.

  2. Quick CmdrTaco! by BlightThePower · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..Patent "(i)Making inane comments having not RTFA" and "(ii)Repeating the same old jokes" and "(iii)Crazed Linux advocacy/kneejerk MS-bashing" or we've all had it!

    (Won't mind if you don't bother with the one for "posting duplicate articles" though).
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    Plays violent online games as: Nerfherder76
  3. that would be Line-uhks by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I call him Line-uss

    I'll call it Line-uhks

    I'm for sure as hell not going to stand in a room and call it
    Linnuks

    I'm glad FreeBSD has no such problems, no wait, what about GNU/FreeBSD doh!

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    There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter