http://tamebay.com/2007/12/judge-upholds-ebays-30m-fine.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tamebay.com/2007/12/judge-upholds-ebays-30m-fine.html#comment-22473 bonni Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:16:09 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/12/judge-upholds-ebays-30m-fine.html#comment-22473 As much as I think eBay needs a slap to the head on a lot of issues, this particular case is based on nonsense. There is no special "technology" that should be patentable in the case of a "Buy It Now" button. The U.S. patent system is shocking, and the courts upholding such a thing is even worse. I agree with the judge who previously said that this patent is being used to extract money. I can't believe a court is upholding it! As much as I think eBay needs a slap to the head on a lot of issues, this particular case is based on nonsense. There is no special “technology” that should be patentable in the case of a “Buy It Now” button. The U.S. patent system is shocking, and the courts upholding such a thing is even worse. I agree with the judge who previously said that this patent is being used to extract money. I can’t believe a court is upholding it!

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