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  • TheSaint
    Confirmed User
    • Jun 2003
    • 991
    #1

    Ebay patent suit lost

    Shades of Acacia, Ebay lost 29 million dollar suit for "Buy it Now" button which infringes on patent.

    "A Norfolk federal jury decided in May that eBay infringed on Woolston's patents, which presented a way for people to buy items over the Internet for a fixed price. Specifically, the jury said that eBay's "Buy It Now" option, which allows auction surfers to do the same thing, infringed on Woolston's ideas. "

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html
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    • KRL
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      • Oct 2002
      • 31429
      #2
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        • afrocreep
          Confirmed User
          • Aug 2001
          • 1074
          #3
          CNN has just reported that some lazy fuck is too lazy to post to the other thread on this subject and has infact just created yet another thread.

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            • serious
              Confirmed User
              • May 2003
              • 2594
              #4
              Originally posted by TheSaint
              Shades of Acacia, Ebay lost 29 million dollar suit for "Buy it Now" button which infringes on patent.

              "Woolston's patents, which presented a way for people to buy items over the Internet for a fixed price. . "

              http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html
              there is a patent on buying stuff for a fixed price over the internet? wouldn't anyone selling anything be infringing?
              new search

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                • Strife
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 4534
                  #5
                  Originally posted by serious


                  there is a patent on buying stuff for a fixed price over the internet? wouldn't anyone selling anything be infringing?
                  yeah that's what i was wondering....
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                    • TheSaint
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 991
                      #6
                      Originally posted by afrocreep
                      CNN has just reported that some lazy fuck is too lazy to post to the other thread on this subject and has infact just created yet another thread.
                      Fuck you moron, I didn't see another thread. Any big breaking news will spawn a couple threads, not everyone is anal enough to check 6 pages before they post.

                      Sheesh.
                      I have no signature

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                        • KC
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 1995
                          • 2417
                          #7
                          Originally posted by TheSaint


                          Fuck you moron, I didn't see another thread. Any big breaking news will spawn a couple threads, not everyone is anal enough to check 6 pages before they post.

                          Sheesh.
                          Yeah, you lowlife Mofo!

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                            • FlyingIguana
                              aspiring banker
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 10870
                              #8
                              Originally posted by TheSaint


                              Fuck you moron, I didn't see another thread. Any big breaking news will spawn a couple threads, not everyone is anal enough to check 6 pages before they post.

                              Sheesh.
                              well then at least check 5

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                                • Nysus
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 7817
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by serious


                                  there is a patent on buying stuff for a fixed price over the internet? wouldn't anyone selling anything be infringing?
                                  The [ Buy It Now ] feature of the auction is what is patented.

                                  Cheers,
                                  Matt
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                                    • FlyingIguana
                                      aspiring banker
                                      • Mar 2002
                                      • 10870
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Nysus


                                      The [ Buy It Now ] feature of the auction is what is patented.

                                      Cheers,
                                      Matt
                                      but all online stores sell goods at a fixed price

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                                        • BlackCrayon
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Jun 2003
                                          • 19634
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by FlyingIguana


                                          but all online stores sell goods at a fixed price
                                          exactly, unless he patended selling auction items at a fixed price, the judgement seems crazy.
                                          you don't know you're wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day..

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                                            • icedemon
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jun 2003
                                              • 1022
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by FlyingIguana


                                              but all online stores sell goods at a fixed price
                                              ssshhhh. Be quiet about this before all the paysites get sued for having a "Buy It Now" membership.
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