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InternetNews March 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.
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 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 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.
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling.
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.'
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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 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 December 12, 2007	eBay Plans Patent Infringement Appeal eBay wants to go another round in its patent fight with MercExchange.
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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 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 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.
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 September 10, 2009	i4i: 'Microsoft Destroyed Our Business' Firm had developed support for 'custom' XML years before Microsoft incorporated it into Word 2003.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Yo, BlackBerry Users: Chill Out Despite rampant speculation, cutoff of U.S. BlackBerry service is an unlikely scenario.
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 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 February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Judge Denies Government RIM Hearing Court ignores federal request for additional hearings for government BlackBerry users.
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 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 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.
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 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 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.
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 24, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage Hopes Court Stays The Course U.S. Court of Appeals to hear Vonage motion to block order prohibiting the VoIP provider from signing up new customers.
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 March 26, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage: Dead Company Walking? Vonage attempted today to reassure its 2.2 million customers that its Internet telephone service is not in jeopardy despite a looming permanent injunction that could prohibit Vonage calls from connecting to traditional telephone networks.
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 August 28, 2009	Dell, HP Side With Microsoft on Word Appeal Microsoft gained some help this week from its two largest PC partners who asked the court to let them join in the company's Word lawsuit as so-called "friends of the court."
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 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 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 April 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage Wins Temporary Reprieve Vonage can continue to sign up new customers for at least another week under a temporary reprieve granted late Friday afternoon by a U.S. Court of Appeals.
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike	Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.
InternetNews January 8, 2010	Microsoft Again Appeals i4i Patent Judgment Microsoft seeks rehearing by both the original appeals court panel as well as by all of the judges sitting together.
InternetNews April 24, 2007 Roy Mark	Ruling: Vonage Can Still Woo Appeals court allows Vonage to continue soliciting new business while appealing patent infringement verdict won by Verizon.
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