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- Once again, Valley, DC eyes on patent reform
- Is the current patent system, um, patently absurd? It all depends on how you look at it. To the degree that patent trolls are buying up patents - often improperly granted by an overwhelmed Patent Office - and essentially blackmailing big companies ("License our technology or we will...
- Tags: Seth P. Waxman, patent, MercExchange, eBay Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-04-03
- eBay: Patent Office dismisses MercExchange claims
- eBay: Patent Office dismisses MercExchange claimsThe idiotsThe idiots should have done that the first time -- when the patent was *filed*.The Patent Office needs a clean sweep -- as in "fire them all and start over."Not quiteWhat needs doing is a thorough dismantling of all patent pretense and a determination...
- Tags: patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, MercExchange, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-30
- Quote of the day: Justice Breyer
- Quote of the day: I know it's early in the day, U.S. West coast time, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's remark during oral arguments today in the MercExchange versus eBay suit is noteworthy. MercExchange claims that eBay is infringing on its "Buy it Now"--the fixed price purchase feature used...
- Tags: eBay Inc., Justice Breyer, Buy-it-Now, MercExchange
- Blog posts 2006-03-29
- Patents in the news again as Supreme Court hears eBay case
- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a patent dispute between eBay and a patent troll named MercExchange. At issue is whether companies that make no attempt to put their patents into practice are deserving of protection, reports Anne Broach at News.com.Specifically, eBay is accused of violating MercExchange patents...
- Tags: patent, eBay Inc., MercExchange
- Blog posts 2006-03-13
- eBay faces partial shutdown in patent dispute
- I'll try not to make this the typical knee-jerk patent reaction post so read on. The US Department of Justice weighed in today against eBay in its fight with patent holding company MercExchange. The issue in question is rather narrow: whether an injunction that would force eBay to shut down...
- Tags: eBay Inc., MercExchange
- Blog posts 2006-03-13
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- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
- Over the summer, a jury handed down a record-setting award in a patent infringement case against Microsoft: $1.5 billion. Alcatel-Lucent claimed Microsoft had infringed their patents in the "backup HQ encoder" in Windows Media Player. The jury calculated the damages by giving Alcatel-Lucent 0.5 percent of the average cost of...
- Tags: Patent, Perlman, Microsoft Windows, Intellectual Property, Operating Systems, Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
- Prof: footnote in eBay Patent case COULD give Vonage a break in theirs
- A footnote near the end of last week's partial remand decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, first found by University of Missouri law professor Dennis Crouch, could be interpreted as a legal recourse for giving Vonage a break in its patent disputes with...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Supreme Court, eBay Inc., Prof, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-03
- Patent troll sues high-tech over playlists
- The patent troll of the week is Premier International Associates, which, Ars Technica reports, which has filed suit against Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Viacom, Real, Napster, Samsung, LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Sandisk. For what? Violating Premier's patents for a "list building system." ...
- Tags: Patent, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
- eBay wins round in 'Buy it now' patent redux
- eBay wins round in 'Buy it now' patent reduxClarification is goodI'm hopeful that this case will clarify to what degree the "infringer" sic can be subject to an injunction, which can literally stop the business. Seems harsh if something can be worked around so easily, no?I'm glad also that there...
- Tags: patent, Buy-It-Now, clarification, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- Global Legal Challenges: General Counsel forum, Stanford's E-Commerce Best Practices conference
- (Mark Lemley, Maren Christensen, Daniel Cooperman)There's a group of high profile in-house counsel participated today in the General Counsel forum at Stanford Law School's Fourth Annual E-Commerce Best Practices conference, including: Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School and Keker & Van Nest LLP Maren Christensen, Universal Studios Daniel Cooperman, Oracle Clint Smith, MySQL Kent Walker, Google Ian...
- Tags: Software, Search, Patent, Lawsuits, Free speech, DMCA, Copyright, Conferences, Compliance, Blogging
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Are Maps Mashups Patentable?
- Are Maps Mashups Patentable?Can vs. ShouldThis illustrates one of the reasons I really despise software patents. When some entity be it Google or an individual publishes an API it is [i]always[/i] for the express purpose of making their tool as flexible and useful as possible. The intent is to allow...
- Tags: patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, pigeon, technology patent, API
- Discussion threads 2006-09-03
- Google speak for Google investors
- Google speak for Google investorsQUESTION FOR GoogleMy Question to GOOGLE would be –WHAT IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER?Re: Investorshttp://www.analogstereo.com/hyundai_owners_manual.htmRE: Google speak for Google investorsPATENT 732To Review Value of Patent 7,139,7321. Understand the original vision through this 10 minute Movie- LeadOptionEngine Movie2. Register into Projectwork.com, built in 1999, get username password, login,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Investors, patent, Google Speak
- Discussion threads 2006-06-01
- Supreme Court rules for eBay in patents case
- In the closely watched case of eBay v MercExchange, which focused on whether a court must automatically issue a preliminary injunction on a patent infringement claim, the Supreme Court came down strongly on the side of high-tech companies accused of patent infringement. Click here for PDF of the decision ...
- Tags: patent
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist
- Former head of Microsoft Research and now head of patent foundry Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold doesn't mind being called a patent troll video here and here. He wants to be the first "invention capitalist." His company is built around monetizing inventions and patents (Intellectual Ventures Myhrvold has 18 patents to...
- Tags: patent system, Nathan Myhrvold
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- TiVo patent double-standard?
- As a long time TiVo user I was thrilled about their patent victory over EchoStar last week. After all, TiVo and Replay invented the DVR, but saw their market share dwindle as the big players like DirectTV, Scientific America now part of Cisco, Motorola, Microsoft, and others shoved them...
- Tags: TiVo Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-04-18
- Supreme Court hears eBay's patent appeal
- Supreme Court hears eBay's patent appealA little light readingSure it's a book/movie cliqué but...http://www.cramercenter.com/_private_but_open/one%20more%20rainbow.htm"Finally, when the auction was finished, someone noticed a painting leaning against the wall that hadn’t been sold. The painting had looked damaged, so no one had thought any one would want it. After all,...
- Tags: patent, auctioneer, eBay Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Patent reform unlikely to get help from Supremes
- If the software and online industry was hoping for a weakening of the courts' pattern of issuing permanent injunctions for claims of patent violations, those hopes were weakened yesterday, as Supreme Court Justices hinted during oral arguments in the Ebay case that they will look harshly on attempts to weaken...
- Tags: eBay Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-29
- eBay faces partial shutdown in patent dispute
- eBay faces partial shutdown in patent disputeeBay's patent disputeeBay should still be able to do the "Buy it Now" function because I don't want to have to go to OTHER websites to get what I want for their higher prices. I don't want to buy software brand new, such...
- Tags: extortion, patent, eBay Inc., patent dispute, software
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunction
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunctionNo there won't be an Injunction - eBay saved 'em.The NTP v. RIM spectacle that has dominated the press recently is a done deal. It's over....Kaput. And eBay is who put the dagger in the beastly thing - much to the chagrin of NTP...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., PTO, NTP
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- More patent absurdity threatens net commerce
- I remember when eBay was first accused by MercExchange founder Tom Woolsten of patent infringement because of eBay's "Buy it Now" feature. I completely forgot about it. Probably because I thought the case disappeared due to the absurdity of the claim. However, a report surfaced this...
- Tags: patent
- Blog posts 2005-07-28
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