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AT&T Sues PayPal and eBay for Patent Infringement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we-got-patent-pending-on-that dept.

theodp writes "AT&T on Thursday fired the latest shot in the escalating Web patent wars, filing suit against PayPal and eBay. AT&T issued a press release alleging that the PayPal and BillPoint payment systems infringe on AT&T's 1994 patent for the mediation of transactions by a communications system. Besides e-Payments, the AT&T patent purports to cover e-Voting, e-Auctions, e-Gifts, e-Donations, e-Wishlists and e-Referrals. e-Gad! e-Yikes!"

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  1. In one word: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    e-vil.

    1. Re:In one word: by machine+of+god · · Score: 4, Funny

      e-vil.

      That's it. I'll see you in court.

  2. I can't fucking believe this crap. I'm outta here. by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tell the Indians they can deal with this bullshit. I'm going to grow Alpalcas or something.

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  3. Re:they'll know we want a pizza! by Vaevictis666 · · Score: 4, Funny
    the penny arcade crew knows what's up!

    and here's a link that will still work when they put up friday's comic in 7-10 hours.

  4. In related news... by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amazon sues AT&T for suing PayPal and eBay with Amazon's 'One-Click-Sueing' technology. Full story at 11.

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  5. Re:I can't fucking believe this crap. I'm outta he by jpmorgan · · Score: 4, Funny
    Tell the Indians they can deal with this bullshit. I'm going to grow Alpalcas or something.

    No you're not. I've got a patent on that:

    Claim 1. A method by which you tell the Indians they can deal with this bullshit.
    Claim 2. A method by which you grow Alpalcas.
    Claim 3. Or something.
  6. Re:e-Sex??? by Monkelectric · · Score: 4, Funny
    Please tell me they didn't patent e-sex....

    I think you're talking about Teledildonics? ;-)

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  7. not so fast AT&T... by some+damn+guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    They obviously forgot about MY patent (#101,936,345)

    "A method of maximizing the returns of any large-scale finanical-enrichment scheme which utilizes courtroom-based justice-mediated settlements as a method for increasing cash flow, increasing the possiblities for success through the aquisition of patents for the most extremely fundamental and obvious aspects of every-day existence."

    Nice try though.