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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 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 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 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 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 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 December 12, 2007	eBay Plans Patent Infringement Appeal eBay wants to go another round in its patent fight with MercExchange.
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 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 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 November 28, 2006 Roy Mark	High Court Debates Patent Challenges A highly engaged United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that could have wide implications for the future of the country's patent system.
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.
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 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.
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Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell	Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 January 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Yo, BlackBerry Users: Chill Out Despite rampant speculation, cutoff of U.S. BlackBerry service is an unlikely scenario.
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.
InternetNews June 9, 2011	Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.
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 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 June 6, 2007 Roy Mark	A Tech Difference on Patent Reform? InterDigital tells Congress that Microsoft and other large tech companies are only interested in reducing liability for infringement.
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 February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Judge Denies Government RIM Hearing Court ignores federal request for additional hearings for government BlackBerry users.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Michael Singer	Rambus Defends More Memory Patents Hynix, Infineon, Inotera and Nanya named in a new suit that centers on products using DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3.
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 April 25, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	RealNetworks Looks To Squash 'Trolls' RealNetworks secured a patent to protect some of its earliest streaming technologies.
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 November 6, 2006 Erin Joyce	NTP Sues Palm Over Wireless Patents Will Palm have to pay NTP the way Research in Motion (RIM) did earlier this year for patent infringement charges?
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech Wants Patent 'Trolls' Tamed Intel's top patent attorney urged a Senate panel Monday to crack down on "trolls" who manipulate the patent system for large profits.
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Microsoft, AT&T Make Supreme Court Pitches Tech titans square off over Microsoft's use of AT&T speech patent in foreign copies of Windows.