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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!"

2 of 355 comments (clear)

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

    e-vil.

  2. 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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    Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?