Man says patent covers all online auctions, wants eBay cash - GoFuckYourself.com

Mr.Fiction · 09-30-2002, 10:29 AM

Here we go again!

EBay ensnared in patent dispute

Woolston believes the patents cover nearly every aspect of eBay's operations, including the very procedure millions of people use to buy and sell everything from stuffed bears to aircraft. The technology has quickly made eBay, on paper at least, one of the Internet's great success stories.

EBay believes Woolston revised his initial claim after seeing eBay's success, so that his patent would cover what eBay was doing.

Woolston denies any such manipulation. An electrical engineer with years of experience in the military and the CIA, he says he came up with his online auction concept while a law student, long before Pierre Omidyar, eBay's founder, began seriously thinking about auctions and community.

"I was there with the technical know-how and ability to see it first," he says bluntly. "We won't be bullied."

http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/...bay/index.html

TDF · 09-30-2002, 10:30 AM

I was just reading this in the paper..blingg!!

Alky · 09-30-2002, 10:35 AM

can i patent all Teen niche sites?

Mr.Fiction · 09-30-2002, 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by toodamnfli
I was just reading this in the paper..blingg!!

I can't believe the shit you can patent. Why didn't someone patent offline auctions too? Or cars? Or houses? It's all up for grabs. Money for nothing.

TDF · 09-30-2002, 10:36 AM

i patented sex...its true!!! look it up!

JFK · 09-30-2002, 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by toodamnfli
i patented sex...its true!!! look it up!

The internet is mine all you fuckers just get off , or pay me

kevinl · 10-01-2002, 02:01 AM

Everybody knows Al Gore invented the internet.

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Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Man says patent covers all online auctions, wants eBay cash Here we go again! EBay ensnared in patent dispute Woolston believes the patents cover nearly every aspect of eBay's operations, including the very procedure millions of people use to buy and sell everything from stuffed bears to aircraft. The technology has quickly made eBay, on paper at least, one of the Internet's great success stories. EBay believes Woolston revised his initial claim after seeing eBay's success, so that his patent would cover what eBay was doing. Woolston denies any such manipulation. An electrical engineer with years of experience in the military and the CIA, he says he came up with his online auction concept while a law student, long before Pierre Omidyar, eBay's founder, began seriously thinking about auctions and community. "I was there with the technical know-how and ability to see it first," he says bluntly. "We won't be bullied." http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/...bay/index.html

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