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InternetNews May 15, 2006 Roy Mark |
Supreme Court Sides With eBay The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that both a district and a federal appeals court erred in determining whether a permanent injunction is due to MercExchange in its patent-infringement battle with online auction giant eBay.  |
InternetNews November 28, 2005 Roy Mark |
EBay in High Court Over Patent Dispute The United States Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear eBay's appeal of the long-running and bitter patent dispute between the online auction giant and MercExchange, a vendor of custom software for online auctions, messaging and streamcasting.  |
InternetNews May 15, 2006 Roy Mark |
High Court Bounces Buy It Now Injunction Justices rule eBay may continue to offer service and orders a new review of permanent injunction sought by MercExchange.  |
InternetNews February 28, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
eBay, MercExchange Bury The Hatchet eBay said that it would purchase the three patents from MercExchange, putting to rest a long-running legal squabble that dates back to September 2001.  |
InternetNews July 30, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Court Denies Injunction of eBay's Buy It Now In a protracted legal battle, MercExchange fails to demonstrate that eBay's use of the Buy It Now function creates 'irreparable harm.'  |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling.  |
InternetNews March 29, 2006 Roy Mark |
eBay Urges High Court to 'Buy It Now' Online auction giant eBay told the Supreme Court today that a permanent injunction against its Buy It Now feature is unnecessary and unwarranted, contending that money damages alone could atone for the company's proven patent infringement.  |
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Ebay Hit on Patent Infringement An appeals court throws out one MercExchange patent, upholds rest of lower court ruling.  |
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
Crushing Small Innovators Next week's Supreme Court hearing between MercExchange and eBay underscores Silicon Valley's indifference to the little guy's patent rights.  |
InternetNews February 28, 2008 |
eBay, MercExchange Settle Long Legal Fight eBay and MercExchange have settled a long-running patent lawsuit, said eBay on Thursday, ending a fight that prompted a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling.  |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Tom Taulli |
A Supreme Mandate on Injunctions A Supreme Court decision sets a landmark precedent on how far patent holders can push tech companies. RIMM-like mega judgments might be a thing of the past. And that's definitely a nice thing for investors in eBay this time, and tech investors overall.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2007 Roy Mark |
Court Raises Possible Vonage Injunction Relief Vonage tells appeals court that an injunction isn't necessary even if court upholds the VoIP provider infringed on Verizon patents.  |
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Roy Mark |
Court Rules RIM Infringed A federal appeals court ruled today that a district court properly determined that Research in Motion infringed on the patents on NTP, but still sent the case back to the district court for further review of damages.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Tim Gray |
EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature.  |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements.  |
InternetNews December 12, 2007 |
eBay Plans Patent Infringement Appeal eBay wants to go another round in its patent fight with MercExchange.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Duprey |
No Patents on Thinking ... Yet Over the years, the U.S. Patent office has patented a few too many ideas. The Supreme Court is now spending more time deciding whether a company has really infringed on a patent, rather than automatically issuing an infringement.  |
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.  |
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patent Suit Against RIM Moves On Wireless e-mail provider Research in Motion won't get a break from NTP's patent infringement suit.  |
InternetNews February 26, 2008 |
Court Rules on Microsoft Office Patent Case Microsoft will owe a Guatemalan inventor somewhere between 4 cents and $2 per copy of Office sold.  |
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Asks Court to Vacate Infringement Verdict Vonage late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to vacate a lower court decision that the Internet telephone company infringed on patents held by Verizon.  |
InternetNews September 29, 2009 |
Judge Overturns Uniloc Verdict and $388M Fine Microsoft could win the equivalent of a damages trifecta across several cases if its luck keeps up.  |
InternetNews November 30, 2005 Roy Mark |
RIM Suffers Another BlackBerry Legal Defeat The $450 million patent dispute settlement between Research in Motion and NTP, Inc. is invalid, according to a court ruling issued Wednesday morning.  |
InternetNews May 3, 2007 Roy Mark |
Court Rejects Vonage New Trial Bid A federal appeals court late Wednesday rejected Vonage's motion for a new trial in its bitter patent infringement feud with Verizon.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska |
The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.  |
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Roy Mark |
Yo, BlackBerry Users: Chill Out Despite rampant speculation, cutoff of U.S. BlackBerry service is an unlikely scenario.  |
Home Theater February 26, 2008 |
TiVo's Lawyers Trash EchoStar's Lawyers U.S. District Court of Appeals ended a legal fistfight between TiVo and EchoStar. The court upheld a lower court ruling that the owner of the Dish Network infringed patents for a "multimedia time warping system."  |
InternetNews September 4, 2009 |
Microsoft Gets OK to Keep Selling Word Now that the injunction is on hold, the company's next focus is on its appeal.  |
InternetNews May 2, 2007 Roy Mark |
Verizon Files to Block Vonage Remand Request Verizon today said Vonage is attempting to unfairly disrupt an appeals schedule set just last week with its Tuesday motion to vacate a lower court decision finding that Vonage infringed on Verizon's patents.  |
InternetNews September 26, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Vonage Dealt Sprint Nextel, Verizon Patent Blows VoIP provider Vonage, in the midst of Verizon appeals, takes a Sprint Nextel patent blow.  |
InternetNews March 23, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Awarded Two-Week Sigh of Relief Judge orders a permanent injunction giving Vonage two weeks to stop using technology patented by Verizon.  |
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft's Patent Tab: $388M Ought to Do It Jury finds that Microsoft infringed a California company's activation software patent to the tune of nearly $400 million.  |
InternetNews May 2, 2007 |
Federal Judge Approves Alcatel/Microsoft Ruling A $1.53 billion patent infringement suit against Microsoft over MP3 playback is upheld.  |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Microsoft's i4i Appeal Headed for Supreme Court Microsoft will get a chance to make its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, appealing the earlier patent infringement decision it lost to i4i.  |
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Same Patent Fight, New Patent Challenges NTP finds itself back in the patent-litigation spotlight, except it might not be as bright.  |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Lorraine Woellert |
A Docket Packed with Patent Feuds Three key cases will shape a vast swath of the business landscape. At issue: Products, services, even ideas - and whether your BlackBerry stays connected.  |
InternetNews October 26, 2005 Erin Joyce |
Is a U.S. Shut Out Looming For RIM? U.S. Supreme Court ruling keeps the BlackBerry maker's patent-infringement appeal in a federal district court, with the possibility of an injunction against operating in the U.S. looming.  |
InternetNews March 20, 2008 |
Ban Holds on Qualcomm's Sale of Some Chips Patent infringement ruling is upheld in latest legal turn in the Broadcom vs. Qualcomm case.  |
InternetNews May 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Playing Supreme Court Card Vonage claims a recent Supreme Court ruling will make it obvious company didn't infringe on Verizon patents.  |
InternetNews June 9, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Fights For Browser Plug-Ins Redmond appeals the patent infringement ruling that barred the use of plug-ins and applets in IE.  |
InternetNews January 26, 2006 Roy Mark |
RIM Nears Edge of Possible Injunction A new court date gives BlackBerry maker 29 days to reach a deal with patent-holding firm NTP.  |
InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark |
Judge Denies Government RIM Hearing Court ignores federal request for additional hearings for government BlackBerry users.  |
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Tim Scannell |
Patent Office Rejects NTP Patent Claims The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday issued an Action Closing Prosecution ruling rejecting all claims associated with NTP's patent-infringement lawsuit against RIM.  |
InternetNews April 10, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Appeal Set By Court For April 24 Vonage faces cutoff of new customers without a stay from U.S. Court of Appeals.  |
InternetNews June 9, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.  |
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.  |
InternetNews January 23, 2006 Roy Mark |
High Court Rejects RIM's Appeal The U.S. Supreme Court Monday dealt Research in Motion another serious setback in its long-running patent infringement battle with NTP, denying the developer of the widely popular BlackBerry a high-court review of the case.  |
InternetNews April 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
Vonage Service Cutoff Faces Critical Court Date Vonage, the nation's largest VoIP provider, finds out today if it must shut down service to its 2.2 million customers.  |
InternetNews March 28, 2011 |
Kodak CEO Hopes for $1 Billion in Patent Suit Eastman Kodak's head told Bloomberg he thinks a patent victory in court could bring in $1 billion. Kodak sued Apple and RIM in January 2010 for what it claims is infringement of a patent it holds in the area of previewing images in iPhone and Blackberry mobile devices.  |