E-Bay and Software Patents
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E-Bay has been badly hit by software patents. Companies that specialise in developing patents and looking for rich infringers have gone after E-Bay to squeeze many millions out of them. Yet E-Bay has been listed as a signatory of a campaign letter for software patents in Europe.
News & Chronology
2005-03-17 US EBay to pay 29 mn USD for patented e-commerce method
2004-06-03 US E-Bay executives: Patents driving up our costs
2004-04-30 EU EBay listed as signatory of a European pro-software-patent campaign letter
Background information
Software and business method patents - eBay - history of eBay regarding patents
