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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 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 March 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Side Against eBay in Patent Case The United States government is siding with a Virginia patent holder that eBay willfully infringed on its patents and should be barred from using its popular "Buy It Now" feature, which allows a buyer to purchase an item at a set price.
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.
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.'
InternetNews December 12, 2007	eBay Plans Patent Infringement Appeal eBay wants to go another round in its patent fight with 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 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 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 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.
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls	Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling.
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 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 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.
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 May 2, 2007	Federal Judge Approves Alcatel/Microsoft Ruling A $1.53 billion patent infringement suit against Microsoft over MP3 playback is upheld.
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 17, 2010	Microsoft Comes up Short in Another Patent Case Microsoft says it will ask the judge to reconsider his ruling and the jury's hundred million dollar damages award, but in the meantime, maybe Microsoft should consider opening a legal office in East Texas.
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 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 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 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.
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 November 16, 2007	Court Affirms Vonage Infringed Two Verizon Patents A U.S. appeals court upheld a verdict that Vonage infringed two patents held by Verizon. This is the latest legal setback for the loss-making Internet phone company.
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.
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 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.
Bank Technology News May 2010 Rebecca Sausner	Patent Cases and Reform Bedevil Banks Perpetual litigant Data Treasury's recent $27 million patent infringement verdict against US Bank, Viewpointe and other codefendants marks the latest spanking the banking industry has taken in patent cases.
InternetNews June 9, 2011	Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.
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 May 3, 2010	Novell, Red Hat Win Victory in Patent Fight Rival open source vendors prevail in joint defense against infringement charges brought by firm trying to assert rights to invention covered under 1991 patent.
InternetNews June 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Loses Another Round in Excel Patent Case A United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a patent infringement verdict against Microsoft from last year, and as Microsoft protests, the bill piles up.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	eBay Steals the Jewels Online marketplace eBay wins a landmark trademark infringement decision.
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 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 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 October 4, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sun's Java Infringes on Kodak Patents A jury in Rochester, N.Y., found Sun Microsystems liable for using patented technology owned by photography company Eastman Kodak in the Java programming language.
Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane	Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system."
InternetNews October 6, 2009	Eolas Sues Almost Everybody Over Browser Apps After Eolas' patent was extended, the tiny firm is taking it to the courts.
Information Today September 15, 2011 George H. Pike	Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making.
InternetNews March 2, 2005	Victory For Microsoft in Browser Plug-In Appeal The decision by a U.S. Circuit Court effectively overturns a lower-court ruling that the ActiveX technology used in Internet Explorer infringes on a patent. A loss by Microsoft could have lead to the crippling of a wide variety of common Web applications.
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.
InternetNews January 15, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft To Appeal Latest Browser Ruling The controversial patent spat has taken a new turn with a judge ordering Microsoft to pay $521M in damages, but waiting for an appeal.
InternetNews August 7, 2007 Roy Mark	Judge Saves Microsoft $1.5B Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal the decision reversing the U.S. record infringement award against Microsoft.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Back to Court for Eolas and Microsoft A federal appeals court sends the patent infringement case back down for another trial.
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 August 12, 2009	Microsoft Blocked From Selling Word, Fined $290M A U.S. court yesterday slapped Microsoft with a $290 million fine and ordered it to cease selling versions of Microsoft Office Word, marking the latest fallout from a patent dispute with a smaller firm.
InternetNews March 12, 2010	Microsoft Loses Another Round in i4i Case In latest setback in patent case, appeals court reiterates that Microsoft's infringement was "willful," while both sides wait to see if the court will agree to hear Microsoft's en banc appeal.
InternetNews April 4, 2008	Jury Rules For Alcatel in Microsoft Patent Case Microsoft Corp said on Friday a U.S. jury awarded Alcatel-Lucent $367.4 million in damages after finding that the company had violated two patents related to the user interface in its software.
Information Today September 2008 Keith Kupferschmid	No Silver Lining in Tiffany's Infringement Case Is eBay liable for direct or contributory trademark infringement when individual sellers post auction listings on the site to sell counterfeit products?