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EBay settles 7-year dispute over patents - USA Today Canada.comEBay settles 7-year dispute over patentsUSA Today - 54 minutes agoBy Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO - Online auctioneer eBay settled a seven-year patent dispute Thursday with tech firm MercExchange, ending a legal entanglement that prompted a Supreme Co Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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eBay settles patent dispute with MercExchange MercExchange and eBay have settled a patent dispute that in 2006 was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. In the case, the Supreme Court sided with the online auction house in what is considered to be an important ruling on intellectual property. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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EBay Settles Patent Dispute Over ‘Buy It Now’ Feature EBay said Thursday that it had bought the three MercExchange patents it had been accused of violating. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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EBay Settles Patent Dispute Over ‘Buy It Now’ Feature EBay said Thursday that it had bought the three MercExchange patents it had been accused of violating. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Bits: EBay Settles Its Patent Dispute EBay settles its long-running patent litigation with MercExchange. Neither party is saying why or for how much, but observers point to litigation fatigue. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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EBay Settles Patent Case Over Web Features Under the deal, eBay will buy three patents from MercExchange needed to run its Web search, online auctions and fixed price sales. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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eBay makes nice with MercExchange 'OK. Fine. We'll buy your patents' After six years of legal bickering, which included a trip to the highest court in the land, eBay and MercExchange have finally settled their long running patent dispute.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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eBay now letting Skype be Skype, exec says Two-and-a-half years after eBay bought Skype, the online auction giant has moved away from trying to create new, merged capabilities through the acquisition and is letting Skype be what it is."There's less focu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: eBay to open up merchant tool to developers EBay will open a tool used by 700,000 of its merchants to external developers, the next step in an ongoing effort to promote the creation of applications for its online marketplace.For the first time, eBay will Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Software group weighs piracy lawsuit against eBay A trade group representing hundreds of software vendors is considering a lawsuit against eBay for what it calls widespread sales of counterfeit software on the auction site.The Software and Information Industry Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Cloud computing pondered at eBay event Officials from companies such as HP and Joyent debated the merits and even the definition of cloud computing Monday during an event at eBay headquarters, emphasizing efforts underway and noting limitations to cloud computing on the software side. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Trend Micro stresses 'tested' patent in trade case Barracuda Networks plans to focus on finding prior art to defend itself and the open source ClamAV project against patent claims by rival anti-virus vendor Trend Micro, which stressed Tuesday that it owns a tested and valid patent. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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FTC settles with company over Ethernet patent claims The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled a complaint against a company that owns patents to a widely used Ethernet standard, saying the patent owner was attempting to collect huge license fees despite a prior commitment to the contrary. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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SIIA sues eBay-based software sellers Online auction giant eBay has been slow to respond to concerns about pirated software being sold there, prompting the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)Â to file nine lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers, an SIIA official said. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Software group files lawsuits against eight eBay sellers The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has filed eight new lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers, alleging that they are selling counterfeit products.The lawsuits, announced Thursday, come Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Patent reform debate heats back up Some tech groups are beginning to worry that major IT industry priorities, including patent reform, may lose out to other priorities in the U.S. Congress this year.In the last couple of weeks, large tech compani Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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'Guitar Hero' Subject of Patent Dispute - The Associated Press Canada.com'Guitar Hero' Subject of Patent DisputeThe Associated Press - 2 hours agoLOS ANGELES (AP) - Video game publisher Activision Inc. has asked a federal court to declare that its popular "Guitar Hero" game does not violate a patent held by real-guitar maker Gibso Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Yahoo settles with Icahn on board members Yahoo has reached an agreement to end a proxy fight with investor Carl Icahn, who will take a seat on the company's board after the annual stockholders' meeting, Yahoo said Monday.As part of the settlement agree Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft quietly settles .NET legal dispute with web firm Vertical Computer Systems kicks sue ball into stands Microsoft settled a patent lawsuit with Vertical Computer Systems Inc (VCS) late last week.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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SanDisk, PNY settle patent dispute PNY Technologies and SanDisk on Thursday settled a patent dispute that will allow PNY to continue distribution of flash storage products.As part of the settlement, PNY will license technology from SanDisk and pa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |