Court Issues Stay in EBay Patent Case
From Bloomberg News
A federal appeals court issued a stay involving a patent lawsuit that might require EBay Inc. to change its “Buy It Now” feature while the Supreme Court considers a request to review the case.
The online auction giant had petitioned the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington for the stay.
In 2001, MercExchange sued EBay, alleging that it infringed two of its patents related to fixed-price trading. The stay prevents, at least temporarily, a lower court from ordering San Jose-based EBay to stop using the contested technology.
