[Ecommerce] Man Claims Patent on EBay Bidding

[James Love]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,58591,00.html

10:21 AM Apr. 23, 2003 PT

A trial that pits eBay against a man who says he owns two patents that 
are key to the Web auctioneer's operations is due to kick off in 
Virginia federal court.

A patent lawyer and former CIA technology expert who once helped build 
the agency's communications network is alleging that eBay (EBAY) 
infringed two of his patents covering the process by which people make 
binding offers secured by a credit card to buy items over the Internet.



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James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology
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