Ebay settles over Buy-It-Now

[Laura]

I knew about this lawsuit, but I didn't hear about the settlement. I thought it was interesting. Click on the text below to see the entire article.

<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/28/news/companies/Ebay_settlement.ap/index.htm" target=blank>Ebay agrees to pay up for 'Buy It Now'
Online auctioneer agrees to buy patents from MercExchange, settling a 7-year legal dispute.

February 28 2008: 3:19 PM EST

Ebay has agreed to pay MercExchange for three patents, finally settling a legal dispute.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a seven-year patent dispute with MercExchange LLC that prompted an important intellectual-property ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.</a>

Laura

 

[theopshoproc]

I remember this! Damn - 7 years?!