Ebay patent suit lost - GoFuckYourself.com

TheSaint · 08-07-2003, 01:42 PM

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

KRL · 08-07-2003, 01:44 PM

Damn, time to start designing buttons.

afrocreep · 08-07-2003, 01:45 PM

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.

serious · 08-07-2003, 01:45 PM

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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?

Strife · 08-07-2003, 01:48 PM

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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....

TheSaint · 08-07-2003, 01:49 PM

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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.

KC · 08-07-2003, 02:06 PM

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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!

FlyingIguana · 08-07-2003, 02:07 PM

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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

Nysus · 08-07-2003, 02:11 PM

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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

FlyingIguana · 08-07-2003, 02:12 PM

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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

BlackCrayon · 08-07-2003, 02:26 PM

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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.

icedemon · 08-07-2003, 03:53 PM

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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.

08-07-2003, 01:42 PM	#1
TheSaint Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Everywhere at once Posts: 991	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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afrocreep Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: ON, Canada Posts: 1,074	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.